Smart farming

VIV Nanjing will focus on business networking, innovations, new and existing policies, equipment and technologies. Photo: VIV

18-07-2023 | News

Dairy sector anticipates upcoming VIV Nanjing 2023 in China

Northern Ireland: Innovation to reduce slurry build-up

13-07-2023 | News

Northern Ireland: Innovation to reduce slurry build-up

AstraZeneca began purchasing the Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) produced by Vanguard Renewables. Vanguard Renewables will work with dairy farmers and food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and distributors to produce RNG using farm-based anaerobic digestion (AD) from food and dairy cow manure. Photo: Chris McCullough

10-07-2023 | News

US: Pharmaceutical giant turns to dairy sector to cut carbon

Many dairy farmers had different ideas about what sustainability meant and there were various levels of awareness. Photo: Canva

04-07-2023 | News

Challenges ahead for Dutch dairy sector

The National Farmers’ Union says GWP* provides a measure of the behaviour of methane in the atmosphere and its net contribution to global warming to a greater degree of accuracy. Photo: Twan Wiermans

06-06-2023 | News

Calls for new methane metric to be used for GHG calculations

Weighing cows is necessary to assess their production performance and timely identify health problems. On the other hand, traditional livestock weighing is stressful for animals. Photo: Canva

12-05-2023 | News

Research in Russia: non-contact cattle weighing

Ed Wright, head of sustainability at Dale Farm: “We want to lead the dairy sector on sustainability. We constantly assess our processes to see where we can improve, and step by step we are improving packaging sustainability across our product range." Photo: Dale Farm

11-05-2023 | News

Switching to clear milk caps to increase sustainability

Investing in PLF techniques determines positive effects on all/almost all the criteria adopted for the sustainability indicators, with case-specific aspects to consider. Photo: Jan Willem van Vliet

10-05-2023 | News

Sustainable dairy: precision livestock farming’s effects

From feed efficiency to methane emission solutions - don't miss this upcoming webinar on Sustainable Dairy Farming. Photo: Mark Pasveer

06-04-2023 | News

Don’t miss it! Webinar on Sustainable Dairy Farming

In a recent interview we explore work carried out by Dr Ali Shojaeipour who reveals more about his research and work on his application that based on artificial intelligence capable of identifying individual cattle via their muzzle (nose) patterns– with high accuracy. Photo: Canva

06-04-2023 | News

VIDEO interview: next in cattle facial recognition

Best practices

19-05 | Article

Boosting reproduction and milk yield in transition cows

How to improve dairy labour efficiency on-farm

18-12-2024 | Expert opinion

Debunking a myth: ‘You can’t successfully import foreign cattle breeds into Africa’

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