From cow burps to cow manure, it’s stirred up an ongoing debate: just how much methane do cattle emit, and can it be reduced? As global dairy companies set a new goal to trace and reduce emissions, ...

Each year, New Zealand imports about 2 million tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE), a by-product of palm-oil processing in Indonesia and Malaysia, to feed dairy cows, at a cost of NZ$800 million. But ...

EYOTA, Minn. — Expect to pay more to feed dairy cows because of the rising demand of corn in the ethanol industry. "This shows that the competition with the ethanol industry for grain is not going to ...

A new study explores whether the plentiful, fibrous byproduct of CBD production holds potential promise as a nutritious, efficiency-boosting feed ingredient for the dairy sector Hemp cultivation has ...

Researchers at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Piacenza, Italy) used UHPLC-QTOF to profile phenolic compounds in forages and analyze metabolomics in milk used to produce ...

FREEPORT, Maine—In the cold dark of 5 a.m., Kyle Moellar, an apprentice at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, ushers a herd of cows into the milking parlor. Each waits patiently ...

New research published in the journal Nature Food has reported on the consequences of feeding dairy cows commercial hemp. Despite the hemp product containing negligible levels of psychoactive THC the ...

A dairy farmer’s delight is when his cow is producing lots of milk. And lots of milk is what Kenya needs right now if assertions by Agriculture CS Peter Munya are anything to go by. Alex Gathii, a ...

There are several ways to feed dairy cows — pasturing on grass, topdressing grain and protein on the forages fed to the cow in her stall, or feeding a total mixed ration, or TMR. We use a big TMR ...

Scientists have found that most biochar fed to cattle survives digestion and returns in manure, where it may help store carbon in soil.