Effects of postpartum clinical disease in dairy cows Here we look at the effects of postpartum clinical disease on milk production, reproduction, and culling.
California fires: Impact on dairy farmers in the US While grazing land has been destroyed yet again, there are no easy solutions to fire prevention in future.
Humic acids for better ruminant health Here we look at the benefits that humic acids offer and their positive effect on health in ruminants.
Dairy Diary: September business update What did the month of September unveil in the dairy industry? From the latest dairy tech to acquistions, let’s...
Call on dairy farmers for M.bovis study Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is curently urging dairy farmers to help with a project to find out the...
Livestock ship carrying 5,800 dairy cows sinks A live cattle export vessel carrying 5,800 dairy cows and 43 crew members has sunk on route from New Zealand to...
Dairy Diary: August business update What did the month of August unveil in the dairy industry? Let’s see what took place and what’s new.
How to mitigate feed safety risks in ruminant diets While ruminants are well-designed to leverage the feed-to-food upcycling trend, production efficiency can never...
Drones and dairy cows: Managing livestock Managing large livestock areas and monitoring cattle is a time consuming and challenging job. However, with the...
Maintain cow health and fertility: Balance energy sources Balancing the correct choice of energy sources and buffer feeding is key to optimising dairy herd productivity,...
How pasture access impacts cow welfare Access to pasture or an alternative outdoor area is important - and scientists from Canada note that this can be...
What will the future dairy barn offer? The majority of cows live in barns whose design has barely been updated over the last fifty years; the cubicle...
Covid-19: The impact on the dairy hygiene supply chain One thing we can be sure of is that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought much uncertainty in many sectors,...
From mastitis to ketosis: Uncover the Cow Health Special This year in August, Dairy Global readers all over the world will have access to a special magazine which will...
IDF World Dairy Summit 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19 The IDF World Dairy Summit scheduled to be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa on 28 September to 1 October 2020...
Van Leeuwen Dairy Group puts 9 farms up for sale The Van Leeuwen Dairy Group, one of the biggest dairy producers in New Zealand, is selling 9 of its farms. The...
Cow lameness and hoof care: New ideas and changes explored This year has seen the cancellation of many of the exciting conferences and congresses that had been planned...
The UK’s approach to successfully controlling lameness The last twenty years has seen an ever-increasing focus on lameness in the UK’s dairy herd. We’ve seen more...
4 top tips to tackle heat stress in dairy cattle Feeling the stress? There are lots of different forms of stress in dairy production. Pathogenic, environmental,...
Collaboration is key in tackling lameness The saying goes ‘there’s no I in team’ and this is never truer than when it comes to tackling lameness. Lameness...
Tackling lameness: What does the evidence say? Whilst the primary goal is preventing lameness in the first instance, when cows do go lame the evidence is very...
When do cows have the need to huddle? Cows like to huddle. But why do animals do this? And why especially in the summer? In this blog, I explain more.
5 topics to improve animal welfare and farmer welfare Farmers are facing big challenges. Society expects a lot and legislation increases. Nowadays a farmer is not...
High concentrate diets? Watch the cow’s liver! New trial results suggest that high concentrate-diets can cause endotoxin-induced liver tissues in dairy cows.
We’re wasting milk and antibiotics on mastitis Don’t you just hate that first lactating heifer with mastitis? In this blog I will explain what you can do about...
Ins and outs of farm facilities and equipment Farm facilities and equipment should be properly selected and managed to make the most of them in functional and...
Facial eczema: A cause for concern Earlier this year there were 2 reports of clinical facial eczema outbreaks in the Australian region of Gippsland.
Prevention of udder cleft dermatitis in dairy cows UCD is an inflammation of the udder skin and its surroundings. Here we look at the prevention of UCD with a...
Bee propolis improves calf health Can bees offer more than just honey? Their craftwork ‘propolis’ has emerged to be a feed additive of value to...
Hoof health: 5 Prevention and control strategies Hoof health problems are major issues in dairy cattle that can cause tremendous economic losses.
Heat stress affects every stage of the cow cycle Emerging evidence indicates that heat stress profoundly affects calves and cows from the prenatal stage through...
Potential biomarker: Predicting ketosis Ketosis is one of the major prevalent metabolic disorders in dairy cows, one that is influenced by both genetic...
Sustainability and Welfare special: Reserve your space Misset International brands All About Feed, Poultry World, Pig Progress and Dairy global are publishing a...
Connecterra secures €7.8m, biggest ever in series-B round The Netherlands-based ag-tech start-up Connecterra, has secured 7.8 million euros in the biggest ever series B...
Mycotoxin Analysis: 90% of samples show presence of DON Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company, recently released findings from the 2019 Global Mycotoxin Risk Analysis in a...
Canada’s biosecurity: Changes and challenges It’s been a few months since all Canadian dairy farmers had to begin implementing the Biosecurity module of the...
A closer look at Bovine Coronavirus in calves Bovine Coronavirus (BCoV) infection in calves causes major economic losses to the dairy (and beef) industry...
Timing: A top priority in E. coli induced mastitis Cows infected with E. coli can get severely ill. Rapid intervention with supporting therapy should be a top...
Mycoplasma bovis mastitis: Prevention is crucial Treatment for Mycoplasma bovis-caused mastitis is disappointing at best. Prevention is key.
New ‘cure’ to tackle mastitis With such a great emphasis on reducing the use of antibiotics in livestock farming these days a number of new...
What are masked, modified and emerging mycotoxins? More than 400 mycotoxin compounds have been identified, produced by hundreds of different fungal species,...