Fewer cows, or more sustainable cows? How do we fit more cows on planet earth and at the same time comply with climate agreements and other...
Exit strategy for dairy farmers Global milk prices are at such a low level that it is very hard to make margins. This is particularly the case...
A brand new experience Proudly I welcome you to the new and improved website DairyGlobal.net. 2014 is the year that Reed Business...
Is milk production growth as high as expected? As President of Global Dairy Farmers (www.globaldairyfarmers.com), a farmer and a consultant, the access to the...
Can milk be an animal health indicator? A group of Dutch researchers have started a project to collect milk samples to find out if the milk from fresh...
Farmer at the core of precision farming revolution The Global Future Farming Summit at Wageningen Campus, the Netherlands saw experts and agricultural...
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...
Automated BW scoring: Accurate enough? A lot of activities on a dairy farm can be automated such as milking and feeding. But can we also automate body...
Dutch farmer (28): Focus on less antibiotics A young Dutch dairy farmer says he recognises that continued use of antibiotics on his cows in the future is...
Lely introduces new A5 milking robot At the Lely Future Farm Days, held at their head office in the Netherlands, Lely introduced the Lely Astronaut A5.
China opens for Dutch veal The Chinese market will open up to veal from the Netherlands, worth an annual turnover of € 15 million.
Milking robots are becoming smarter and cheaper The market for milking robots is strained, which makes negotiating easier. The developments tend to move towards...
Construction of world’s first floating dairy farm underway It has taken a lot of time to get the green light but finally construction of the world’s first floating dairy...
WWF: Reduction of Dutch dairy herd needed The Dutch dairy herd must be reduced by 40% in order to meet the climate target, laid-out in the Paris Agreement.
Schmallenberg virus spreading in the UK The Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in the UK has recently detected Schmallenberg (SBV) virus in 8...
Dutch dairy sector reduces antibiotic use In 2016, the Dutch dairy sector realised a further reduction of total antibiotics, compared to the year before.
Future Farming Dairy: join our seminar The use of sensors for animals, big data in farming and innovative insights on how to farm today and in the...
Health: First things first On average, it is harder to keep animal diseases under control on large-scale dairy farms. A systematic approach...
Lely to sell forage business, focus on dairy Lely, plans to sell its forage business, which produces forage harvesting machines to AGCO Corporation, a global...
From a cow’s point of view Many dairy farmers are familiar with the CowSignals concept. A recent addition to this training method is...