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Ivo Lansbergen: “What we do now will impact our children, they will either reap the benefits or pay the price”. Photo: DSM-Firmenich
14-06-2023 | News

Sustainability throughout the value chain

Although retained placenta has a low heritability of 0.01 to 0.10, long-term selection on retained placenta can improve resistance to this reproductive disorder. Photo: Andrea van Schaik
13-06-2023 | Article

Genetic selection: Resistance to retained placenta in dairy cows

Breeding for more feed-efficient cows could save the US dairy sector $540 million USD a year with no loss in milk production. Photo: Dr James Koltes at Iowa State University.
12-06-2023 | Article

Major US project: Better cow breeding for feed efficiency

Of the roughly 22,000 veterinary surgeons practising in Germany, only 3,500 are still involved in the care of agricultural livestock. Photo: Ton Kastermans
12-06-2023 | Article

Chronic vet shortage: A global problem

Body condition scoring is a valuable tool with significant impacts on transition performance and the prevalence of ketosis. The ideal body condition score post-calving ranges from 2.75 to 3.00 out of 5. Photo: Hans Prinsen
09-06-2023 | Article

Ketosis in dairy cows: do’s and don’ts

Near the small village of Murdoch, approximately 175 km west of Minneapolis, is Minnesota's largest dairy cow farm, which is one of the USA's largest herds of 9,500 cows. Photo: Aage Krogsdam
08-06-2023 | Article

Minnesota, USA: Milking one of the largest herds of 9,500 cows

Consumption growth is not to be expected. Consequently, we will live in conditions of overproduction. There are two ways in which the situation can develop: a production drop or an export growth," said Mikhail Mishenko, director of the Dairy Intelligence Agency. Photo: Canva
07-06-2023 | News

Russia’s dairy sector seeks to deepen trade ties with China

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

Dairy cow numbers in Ireland have risen since the abolishment of milk quotas in April 2015 with numbers currently totalling 1.5 million head. Photo: Chris McCullough
06-06-2023 | News

Irish gov. suggests culling 65,000 cows yearly due to emissions

Rumen-protected fat supplements offer a largely unique approach to methane mitigation efforts. As established ingredients for improving production and fertility aspects in dairy and other ruminant diets, a beneficial effect on methane reduction is achieved more as a ‘side-effect’ in addition to the performance gains for which these supplements are typically used for economic return. Photo: Canva
05-06-2023 | Expert opinion

Methane production and rumen-protected fats

Rabobank expects another favourable season for Australian dairy farmers in 2023-2024. Photo: Canva
02-06-2023 | News

Australian dairy set for a favourable season ahead

In Australia, processor Bulla Dairy Foods in south-west Victoria was the first processor that has announced a milk price band for the new season, starting in June. The company is offering a price of AUS $8.80 (US $5.72) to AUS $9.60 (US $6.24) per kg MS. Photo: Canva
02-06-2023 | News

Fonterra announces lower opening milk price

Dairy Diary: May business update
01-06-2023 | News

Dairy Diary: May business update

In humans, iodine maintains the functionality of the thyroid gland through the regulation of thyroid hormones; thus, its intake and availability are important for human health. Proper supplementation strategies in dairy species can guarantee animal health and consumer health benefits. Photo: Canva
01-06-2023 | Article

Influencing iodine levels in dairy