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...
Coccidiosis: A look at when dairy calves are at higher risk Dr Tim Potter, from Westpoint Farm Vets in the UK, explains the reasons behind the increased risk of...
How lame dairy cows can recover better A recent study concludes that lame cows can recover better when housed in hospital pens. The study was carried...
Dairy diary: April’s business update What did the month of April unveil in the dairy industry? Let’s see what took place and what’s new…
Editor's note: Going digital in the midst of Covid-19 Countries all around the world have certainly had to face major challenges and upheavals as a result of...
Farmers urged to practice social distancing With the global battle of coronavirus taking place, farmers are urged to practice social distancing when in need...
Dairy diary: March business update What did the month of March unveil in the dairy industry? Let’s see what took place and what’s new…
Nedap: Augmented reality simplifies farm data Activity monitoring systems (AMS) have provided useful cow and herd data. But, where does dairy technology go...
High tech udder scanner for more precise data Norwegian cattle breeding organisation Geno is trialing new scanning technology as part of a research project...
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...
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,...
Sustainability initiatives: For now and the future Sustainability is an incredibly important concept these days, due to increasing global awareness of the limited...
Impact of GI parasites on ruminants Gastrointestinal (GI) parasitism in ruminants is related to pasture quality and grazing management. Here we look...
Herbs for healthier cows and lower costs Sustainability, a concept that has found a place in many sectors and is a buzzword that knows no bounds, can be...
India: High Aflatoxin level in milk After a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) report revealed a cancer-causing substance...
Digestive, metabolic and production responses to cold stress Although much work has been conducted to examine the effects of heat stress and other environmental factors on...
New FeedChat podcast series addresses mycotoxins In a brand new podcast series called FeedChat, Dairy Global and Trouw Nutrition are addressing several current...