As young as one-day-old calves are removed from their mothers and killed. But now there is a push to stop the practice.

Dairy farms need to review their strategies for preventing metabolic disease in transition cows as monensin boluses are no ...

Taking a look at the opportunities for heat stress in different areas, Dahl says the top 23 dairy states average about 90 days of potential heat stress situations each year. Given the impact heat ...

Midwest beef and dairy producers are invited to attend Purdue University Extension’s Calving Academy, scheduled for four ...

Pregnant women are expected to eat foods that will benefit the child as it begins to grow and develop inside the womb. The ...

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has joined more than 25 other organisations from 14 different countries to launch a ...

Each point represents an individual cow, average rumination time per day is 470 minutes. The transition period of a dairy cow, often defined as the period from 3 weeks before until 3 weeks after ...

With guidance from Dave Erf, a reproductive consultant from Zoetis, a genomic based breeding plan was put in place and today ...

Anestrus is defined as the failure of cows to exhibit obvious estrus —cow was not cycling — or because estrus was not ...

“When you have animals that are more efficient over the long term, one benefit is that producers can rely on these cows ...

With virtually all herds now fully housed, the question is how much concentrate should they be on, writes Aidan Brennan.