Physical barriers and traps are an additional layer of defense. Fly masks are more commonly associated with horses, but they ...

Beef production in 2016 was up 6% from the year before, but slaughter steer prices were down 18% ($27/cwt). The cow herd continues to expand. Preliminary data indicate average daily steer and bull ...

Calf and beef prices may be high, but it still seems unlikely the beef cow herd will expand in 2025. Elliott Dennis, Extension ag economist with the University of Nebraska, says there are a few ...

Here’s a trivia fact that might be costing you thousands of dollars of profit annually: Holstein cows are staying in the herd a full 6 months less today than they were 40 years ago. Jersey cow tenures ...

Farm animals live and play together. They look after and care for each other. Apparently, they really care a lot! Recently, when one of the cows on a farm gave birth, the whole herd rushed to meet the ...

“Meat from grass fed dairy cows is considered to have a lower carbon footprint than meat from traditional beef herds in part because its footprint is spread across the years of protein rich, delicious ...

Despite this, she chose cows as her subject matter due to their abundance in the Limburg region where she was then lecturing. During her early days of field research, Cornips parked a caravan at a ...

The nation hasn’t seen such a small beef cow herd in decades. Now many producers who survived the recent drought are focused on rebuilding. The question is, how long will it take? “I think this will ...

New Zealand can boast of significant progress in tackling bovine TB, as the country eyes up the achievement of TB freedom in livestock by 2026.TB freedom in possums by 2040 and in all disease hosts by ...

Superstars are not wanted in Jamie Leslie’s 90-cow Angus suckler herd at Scholland Farm on Shetland. Breeding is kept simple with “nothing too fancy”, but a strong focus on fertility because ...

As a result, dairies have been able to pivot and reallocate where labor spends time. Reduce interruptions to cow routines Your team isn’t the only part of your farm affected by more targeted herd ...