Remember a cow in the dry period is like an athlete in pre-season and you must prepare the system for the season ahead, ...

According to Ron Lemenager, Purdue beef specialist, the earliest recommended age for weaning a beef calf is between 60 to 80 ...

In recent years, the introduction of solid-based milk payment systems has brought significant changes to the dairy industry ...

Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "For years now people have been blaming cattle for playing a large part in global warming by ...

Live and feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange showed small losses on Thursday, while lean hog futures ...

Gerard Roney, founder of Advantage Feeders in Australia, spoke at Ag in Motion 2025 about using controlled creep feeding to ...

By scoring manure on a scale of 1-5, you can gauge how well the rumen is processing nutrients. A score of 3 is ideal, representing well-digested feed. A score of 1, however, indicates poor digestion ...

Buffers can often be an overlooked tool in dairy nutrition, yet they play a crucial role in maintaining rumen health, ...

Manure scoring helps cattle producers assess rumen function and fine-tune nutrition by evaluating manure consistency on a 1-to-5 scale.

Many agronomists are now forecasting that a significant proportion of the 2025 grain crop harvested in Northern Ireland will ...

This year’s weather has delayed harvest and left many wheat growers with fields of low test weight and sprouted grain. That ...