Getting The Dry Cow Fit For Purpose
Professor David Beever from Keenan addressed a seminar at the National All Breeds Show on dry cow nutrition, reports Charlotte Johnston, TheCattleSite junior editor.

Success With Sexed Semen
Sexed semen has been operating for over 10 years. Charlotte Johnston, The CattleSite junior editor speaks with Hugh Pocock from Cogent UK to find out how it works and what the benefits are.

Partitioning Of Nutrients During Lactation In Dairy Animals
There are two main objectives of dairy farming. The first is to get optimum milk production and second is to achieve maximum reproductive potential (i.e. a calf a year) from dairy animals, according to Deepak Kumar Dubey, Kemin Industries, Inc.

Milk Production In The US
Figures from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) suggests that milk production in the US is falling due to a diminishing national herd.

Want To Improve Your Pasture Yield?
Jeff McCutcheon from the University of Ohio looks at how to improve pasture yields through keeping plants vegetative.

Calves And The Cold
Frost bite, freezing to death and hypothermia are common causes of death of young animals from the cold. Dr W Dee Whittier, Extension Veterinarian at Virginia Tech looks at how, with appropriate management, these losses can be avoided.

Managing Grazing Systems
Jefferson McCutcheon, Assistant Professor at the University of Ohio looks at managing grazing systems through rest periods, grazing periods, stocking density, weather patterns and water access.

Improving The Odds With Sex-Sorted Semen
In the right circumstances, using sex-sorted semen in virgin heifers can offer a financial opportunity, says Blair Murray - Dairy Genetic Improvement Specialist/OMAFRA.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
According to the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board (WOAB), overall meat production is forecast to decrease. However red meat and dairy exports increase as markets pick up.

Canadian Dairy Statisitcs
This publication provides a statistical summary on the dairy industry in Canada and the provinces for current and previous calendar years.

Report Into Welsh Dairy Industry
A report published earlier this week, highlights the commercial pressure faced by the dairy industry in Wales, which has forced one third of dairy producers to quit the industry since 2003.

Dairy Cows On Pasture - Is It More Profitable?
Since early 2007, grazing-only dairies added 6,000 cows to Georgia’s herd. Another 8,000 cows will be added by the end of 2010. While the grazing dairy industry has expanded, the conventional dairy industry has shrunk, according to Nick Hill and Dennis...

China´s Dairy Industry: A Contaminated Goldmine
Almost a year has passed since the eruption of the melamine-tainted milk scandal that still reverberates across the globe; China's dairy industry is recovering steadily, albeit under a large current of sweeping changes, according to Chris Teo, e-Feed...

The End Of The Road For Rinderpest
Sometime in the next 18 months, one of the most devastating animal diseases, rinderpest, will be officially declared eradicated.

Recommendations To Optimise Calf Health
Calf pneumonia is a common problem in calves housed in individual pens in modern ventilated calf barns. A study by Kenneth Nordlund, DVM at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has identifed the key housing factors associated with reduced prevalence...