BROOKINGS, S.D. - The time to process fall-weaned calves and determine pregnancy rates among cows will soon be here. Management of open cows is critical to the financial bottom line of a cow/calf ...
The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it’s responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, most of that from cow burps. That’s right: when ...
The beef many of us enjoy today is a result of years of selecting superior animals that deliver a more consistent product.
Many producers are now in full swing of calving season or soon will be in the Northern Plains. Although late winter has been relatively mild with above average temperatures the last few weeks, we had ...
Between Blantyre City and Mulanje Town, bikes carrying grass and milk tanks flash past. Unlike on many roads of Malawi, the cattle feed and urns on the Robert Mugabe Highway outnumber illicit charcoal ...
Natural gas wells leak methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere as a consequence of the production process. So do cows. But where well leaks are called “fugitive methane emissions,” cow ...
Cows and bulls searching for “moo love” now have a mobile app to help their breeders. A U.K. farming startup introduced a Tinder-style app, called Tudder, that lets farmers find breeding matches by ...
The only place to see an aurochs in nature these days? A cave painting. The enormous wild cattle that once roamed the European plains have been extinct since 1627, when the last survivor died in a ...
“Young animals which are still growing need to be fed well for them to perform. Farmers must ensure the cows have good body weight because most thin cows tend to be infertile,” the reports suggest.