Maintaining a healthy cow herd means maintaining a healthy rumen. Over the holiday season, humans may experience stomach ...

Shrinking cattle inventories in recent years leads to a wide range of impacts on the multi-sectored cattle industry.

Cow-calf production in the upper Midwest is not historically profitable every year without significant cost savings in winter ...

Robotic milking can be a game-changer for labor efficiency, but it doesn’t totally eliminate hands-on work—especially when it ...

Join the Chippewa County Extension Office and the Chippewa Valley Forage Council for a Beef and Dairy Forage Seminar on March ...

The Chippewa County Extension office along with the Chippewa Valley Forage Council are hosting a Beef and Dairy Forage Seminar on March 21 at the Back 40 Dining and Cocktails near Bloomer from 11:30am ...

Barber and Garwood haven’t yet faced any significant negative customer response. At Blue Hill at Stone Barns, dairy cows forage on grass and hay before being slaughtered. “The meat from grass-fed ...

We have tried to keep the diet and TMR as consistent as possible because forage quality is a really important factor in how many visits cows make to the robot,” he says. He suggests that the new ...

Explore whether Bovaer can help reduce methane emissions from cows and support major companies like Nestlé in achieving ...

Cows in good condition can handle cold temperatures ... grains like corn or energy-rich feeds like distillers grains. Good quality forage/hay can also help because the fermentation in the rumen ...

The best time to prepare for drought is long before it arrives, Nebraska Extension specialist Jerry Volesky says.