Wintering decisions shape the success of early lactation. Poor nutrition through winter can lead to costly problems, ...

microbiologists believe hundreds more species in this genus inhabit the rumen. “Utilizing bacteria as a product is a challenge, because they are hard to isolate in a way that can be fed to cows ...

At this stage of the grazing season from late spring to early summer, questions often arise around maintaining milk fat ...

A wedding ring lost by farmer Johannes Brandhuber while feeding oats silage to cows on his farm in Simbach am Inn in southern ...

The cows have help. A rich microbiome in the largest chamber of their stomach, known as the rumen, dismantles these ...

The feeding of dairy cows at grass has a huge bearing on subsequent herd fertility, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.