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The practice of feeding chicken litter to cows in large-scale feedlots and dairies is banned in the UK and in Canada. Photo: Canva
17-07-2024 | News

Chicken litter in livestock feed comes under scrutiny in US

The EpiHerd project aims to find the factors that switch off good genes. Photo: Canva
16-07-2024 | News

Boosting dairy farm resilience with precision screening

Photo: Shutterstock
15-07-2024 | Article

Coming soon: Sustainability and Welfare Special

The changing concept of ketosis in dairy cattle
15-07-2024 | Article

The changing concept of ketosis in dairy cattle

The Polish dairy industry remains under pressure from high energy prices and low prices of milk powder and butter on world stock exchanges. Photo: Canva<span class=""> </span>
12-07-2024 | News

Poland: Dairy industry’s profitability on the edge

<i class="">Australian dairy farmers have been hit with a farmgate milk price cut from major processors. Photo: Canva<span class=""> </span></i>
11-07-2024 | News

Australia’s dairy farmers hit with milk price cut

Photo: Misset<span class=""> </span>
10-07-2024 | Article

US H5N1 dairies receive funds, China dairy pull back

<i class="">Additional land may be required to help build forage stocks to provide additional cover in drought periods. Photo: Canva<span class=""> </span></i>
09-07-2024 | News

Nearly £4bn to improve climate resilience on UK dairy farms

Rooftop solar panels are not the only available solutions for dairy farmers; solar panels could also be effectively installed on agricultural land. Photo: Canva<span class=""> </span>
09-07-2024 | Article

Solar situation on European dairy farms

The AHDB said there had been a steep rise in the number of genomic tests of females with around 100,000 dairy heifer calves tested, representing approximately 20% of the recorded herd. Photo: Canva<span class=""> </span>
05-07-2024 | News

What genomic testing means for the UK’s dairy herd

The dairy barn of the future is taking shape
04-07-2024 | Article

The dairy barn of the future is taking shape

Severe drought is one of the factors that severely impacts the African feed and fodder system and it has led to substantial livestock losses. Photo: ANP / Eyevine
04-07-2024 | Article

Addressing livestock feed shortages in Africa

A closer look: H5N1 and cow milk pasteurisation
03-07-2024 | News

A closer look: H5N1 and cow milk pasteurisation

Agricultural workers have denounced low food prices, excessive regulations and free-trade deals that they say leave them struggling to compete with cheap imports. Photo: Canva
03-07-2024 | News

What’s the impact of the European Green Deal on dairy?