Heat stress lowers U.S. dairy milk production, with small farms losing more. Cooling methods help, but extreme heat still ...

Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

Heat behaviour is a set of characteristics that a cow naturally exhibits to alert the bull that it is ready for mating ...

Efficiency is driving the move into intensive dairying with up to 10 per cent of the nation’s herd now housed in an ...

But in our dairy marketing system ... which most accurately reflect the heat stress a cow experiences, as high heat and humidity make it harder for the cow to cool down through sweating.

Even mild cases can impact milk production, health and well-being. Researchers, citing expenses and losses farmers incur from ...

Now is the time to start your pre-breeding checks, as we are just four to five weeks away from the mating start date.

South Africa’s dairy industry is likely to grow in the future because of "improving economic factors" latest research ...

While managing a dairy herd has always required a farmer with multiple areas of expertise, today’s dairy farmer must be part ...