In the old, tie-stall barn cows averaged 24,000 lb. Enhancements in cow comfort, changing to three-times a day milking and nutrition improvements have all aided in the dairy going to 31,000 lb. per ...

Appropriate stall design, size and bedding management will improve animal use of the beds, improve lying time and improve milk production. Body condition scoring (BCS) is another simple and effective ...

As tie stall dairy producers think about herd expansion they often consider converting their ... Harvesting milk is one of the most important jobs on a dairy farm, so the milking area should be a ...

Dairy cows typically rest for 10 or more ... One key factor in whether stalls are comfortable for cows is the ease with which they can get up and down, so it is common on farms for staff to ...

Cows lined up to be milked at the Heeg Brothers Dairy, a 3,300-acre farm in Colby, Wis., with 28 total milking stalls arranged in two parallel rows. The parlor, which remains open around the clock ...

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Fifty dairy heifers have been flown from Sydney to Jakarta in what is understood to be the first Australian cattle exported to Indonesia specifically for the country's free school lunch program.

Bovaer is a new feed additive that claims to significantly reduce the emission of methane, a greenhouse gas that is driving climate change, in dairy cows. DSM-Firmenich, the company behind Bovaer ...