Holsteins or Belgium Blue: Which one emits more methane? Holsteins or Belgium Blue? Do these cows have a different rumen microbiota and hence show different levels of...
Managing your time as a manager As in any business, time on the farm is of the essence. Whether it is planting, managing and harvesting a crop...
Breeding for a better environment Results of a new study by Wageningen Livestock Research, the Netherlands, show that breeding reduces...
Lambs born from 50 year old semen Ram sperm frozen for 50 years has been successfully used to impregnate 34 ewes. This was shown by Australian...
Successful edition of Sommet De L‘Elevage The 27th edition of the livestock show Sommet De L‘Elevage, which took place in the first week of October in...
Breeding company Mastergen opens new centre Cattle breeding company, Mastergen, has announced the opening of its own semen distribution centre in a move...
Is there genetic diversity left in Dutch HF cows? Selection methods and genomic tools have strongly influenced the level of inbreeding in Dutch Holstein-Friesian...
De-Su: Top producer of top end bulls De-Su Holsteins, LLC is a family operated dairy farm based in New Albin, Iowa. But this is not a normal farm....
Injection of Norwegian Red genetics pays off Introducing Norwegian Red genetics into what was predominantly a Holstein herd has injected major visible...
Don’t forget the dry cows! Optimising milk production for the whole production herd requires attention for all age groups of the cows....
Breeding cows with superior immune response Selection of breeding cattle based on degree of immune response is transforming the global dairy industry. It...
More than 300 cattle entries at UK dairy show 2017 The largest dairy show in the UK is gearing up to showcase the best of the best to producers across the country,...
EU project to breed robust cows A new EU funded project will look into ways to increase the resilience of cattle to an increasingly changing...
Breeding ‘safer’ hornless Holstein cows There are only a few cattle breeds in existence that have no horns naturally but now American scientists are...
Embryo transfer of Holsteins takes off in Russia The Russian dairy industry may soon benefit from embryo transfer of Holsteins, a cheaper alternative than...
"Farmers want easy and functional dairy cows" The Dutch breeding organisation K.I. SAMEN may not be the biggest breeding company around, it does have its own...
New tool should help to select for better cows Efficiency is key and the more the cow produces from the feed it consumed the better. But breeding for the...
Does AI have an expiration date? Artificial insemination (AI) has been around for about 75 years. It was a great stride forward in dairy cow...