Understanding and improving feed efficiency can lead to significant benefits in terms of productivity, sustainability and ...
There are several ways to feed dairy cows — pasturing on grass, topdressing grain and protein on the forages fed to the cow in her stall, or feeding a total mixed ration, or TMR. We use a big TMR ...
Brett Reinford grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania, and he remembers his farm’s cows being fed with cottonseed—35 years ago. “I remember digging tunnels through the cottonseed as a small boy,” he ...
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New flaxseed feed helps reduce methane in cow burps
Researchers are exploring a new way to feed dairy cows that could help cut down on methane emissions while improving digestion. The new feed supplement, made from flaxseed and pea protein, may offer a ...
Researchers from University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are aiding in a multi-institutional project to develop and test a precision feeding system that optimizes rations to ...
Raising dairy cows delivers multiple benefits. Just one “bossy” contentedly chewing her cud in the lower 40–or even in a small backyard plot–can easily provide your family with all the milk, cheese, ...
A new study explores whether the plentiful, fibrous byproduct of CBD production holds potential promise as a nutritious, efficiency-boosting feed ingredient for the dairy sector Hemp cultivation has ...
At first glance, the 400 acres of soybeans growing on the Preston family's dairy farm in southern Michigan looks like a ...
To have a fulfilling life, cows arguably must be allowed outside. But what constitutes a ‘free-range’ cow is ambiguous. For optimum welfare, farmers must balance time outdoors and time indoors. While ...
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