With a goal of amassing 10,000 cows by 2027, an Australian investment group is on target to reach that number having acquired yet another farm in Tasmania. Currently managing 8,600 cows in Australia, Prime Dairy says it is confident in the future of dairy farming there and hopes to achieve a minimum 12% return for ..read more

Following growth in sales to foreign customers last year, Russia expects to boost dairy exports in 2024, Soyuzmoloko, the Russian Union of Dairy Industry, has forecasted. However, increasing logistics and settlement issues attributed to Western sanctions could impact the upward trend, it said. In 2023, Russian dairy exports jumped by 15-18%, Artem Belov, Soyuzmoloko general ..read more

In efforts to boost the country’s economic growth, the country’s Department of Agriculture is drawing up plans to significantly increase local dairy milk production. Among other programmes, the plans include seeking support from local milk processors to stimulate investment in the industry and increase the dairy herd. On the other hand, knowing how the African ..read more

Housed dairy cows interact with novel environmental enrichment, but they spend more time using an outdoor yard than a new object, according to research. Consumers, industry and animal welfare scientists are becoming increasingly focused on the importance of providing animals with positive opportunities through environmental enrichment, but apart from brushes, opportunities in the dairy sector ..read more

The persistent bad weather with almost continuous rain for weeks on end is causing major problems for dairy farmers in Ireland. At the beginning of April, 1 out of 10 dairy farmers had run out of fodder. Because of the continuous bad weather, cattle can’t go out on the grass. Menwhile, feed costs are going ..read more

Cheese is an age-old staple, loved for its richness, creaminess, and flavour, and it provides protein, fats, and minerals. Cheese properties and yield are highly important for both consumer and cheesemaker. One of the factors affecting cheese properties and yield is milk composition, which is influenced by adjusting protein content of feed, mainly soybean meal ..read more

Climate change endangers freshwater availability, enhances water requirement, and increases the risk of waterborne diseases in dairy cattle. These challenges require the development of coping mechanisms and water management at regional and farm levels. Therefore, analysing specific drinking behaviour indicators provides the basis for an improved water supply for dairy cows. A team of German ..read more

On 9 April, there were reports in the media that the recent H5N1 highly-pathogenic avian flu outbreak among US dairy cattle could have been caused by contaminated animal feed. Although not permitted in the UK and EU, feeding cattle and other livestock species ground-up waste from other livestock, including chickens, is legal in the US ..read more

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a serious viral infection that has caused the death of hundreds of thousands of dairy and beef cattle in India, Nepal, Indonesia and many other Asian countries. LSD was discovered in Zambia in 1929 and has since spread to other countries in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and beyond ..read more

Global animal feed production remained steady in 2023 at 1.29 billion metric tonnes (mt), a slight decrease (0.2%) of 2.6 million mt from 2022’s estimates, according to the 2024 Agri-Food Outlook, recently released by Alltech. The annual survey includes data from 142 countries and more than 27,000 feed mills. The overall lower demand for feed ..read more