Cattle

Tips for feeding livestock agro-industrial waste
Tips for feeding livestock agro-industrial waste

This is a delicate exercise that often ends up in a disaster, but with the help of experienced professionals, it can result in significant feed cost savings.

Fatty acids, lipids considered in novel approach to fatty liver disease
Fatty acids, lipids considered in novel approach to fatty liver disease

Supplementing dairy cow diets with DHA and choline may be a way to address fatty liver disease, stemming from a new understanding of fatty acid nutrition

Study looks to reduce methane gas emissions in cattle
Study looks to reduce methane gas emissions in cattle

Researchers will investigate whether feeding biochar to beef cattle reduces amount of methane produced

Precision dairy rationing tools improve milk production, profits
Precision dairy rationing tools improve milk production, profits

Maximizing nutrition in early lactation dairy diets can have long-lasting positive effects on production, fertility

Forage analysis crucial to accurate ruminant rations
Forage analysis crucial to accurate ruminant rations

NIR analysis aids in combating variability, identifying accurate nutrient, mineral parameters

How nutrition influences dairy cow health, immunity
How nutrition influences dairy cow health, immunity

Balanced nutrition greatly affects immune function, performance in transition cows

Feeding diseased livestock remains a challenge
Feeding diseased livestock remains a challenge

Nutrient requirements for fighting disease are quite different from those required for productive purposes.

Eating less meat won't move climate change needle
Eating less meat won't move climate change needle

Science also can make livestock more productive and environmentally friendly.

Almond industry feed targeted research looks to dairy and beyond
Almond industry feed targeted research looks to dairy and beyond

Almond producers in California are exploring the possibility of using almond hulls as feedstock for black solider flies, among other areas.

Chromium use in transition cows
Chromium use in transition cows

Trace minerals have critical roles in the immune function and cell metabolism in ruminants. For cows in transition or during early lactation

"Farmers often miss the mildly lame cows"

When it comes to effectively managing lameness in dairy and beef cattle, there is no magic bullet.

How to optimise dairy replacement?
How to optimise dairy replacement?

It starts with the calves; it always has. But we seem to be lacking in raising those calves to become excellent replacement heifers

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