image: A large part of the green house gasses emitted by agriculture comes from the cows belching. When the cows break down the plant fibres from the feed in their stomachs, they produce methane gas ...

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Cows deserve to eat off a clean plate too. The Dymax Feed Bunk Sweeper makes maintaining trough and feeder hygiene much easier. It removes muck, snow and scum to keep feeders fresh. The sweeper ...

High-yielding herds with empty bunks or lax push-up procedures could miss 2.5 litres of milk for every kilo of dry matter not eaten. Ensuring peak-production cows can access ration whenever they need ...

Zero-grazing is a form of centralising all your cow husbandry activities such as feeding, watering, milking and health management. Proper planning is, therefore, necessary before starting a ...

After this winter's freeze and thaw coupled with recent rains, many Arkansas landowners have seen their pastures transform into vast acres of mud. Dirk Philipp, associate professor of animal science ...

Many farmers fall into the temptation of adding cubicles in a shed to cut building cost a cow. However, Ivor Davey from dairy housing and design company CowPlan says design should prioritise cow ...