dairy cows

A new Study from Oregon State University shows a nutritious, inexpensive and renewable resource could be the next big thing in livestock feed, spent hemp biomass.

Livestock experts continue to stress the importance of gut health, especially for cows looking to calf. But that can be challenging during the summer.

Research is revealing how important gut health is to the long-term success of livestock, especially dairy cows, and that’s very true for fresh cows that have yet to have their first calf.

H5N1 grows well in dairy cow udders, which may actually be good news for humans.  When traces of H5N1 bird flu showed up in cow’s milk last year, it raised fears that the virus could become more infectious to humans.  So far, that hasn’t happened.   According to ScienceNe...

What are USDA’s projections for the American dairy industry in the coming year?    “Milk production is expected to grow modestly by 0.4%,"  noted USDA dairy analyst Peyton Ferrier at this year's Ag Outlook Forum.  "That's primarily based on herd growth of 0....

Dairy producers from across the nation celebrated “fairer” milk prices for farmers during the National Milk Producers Federation Board of Directors meeting, which concluded this week.  They also pledged to work together to meet significant challenges on labor, trade, and other issues.  Dairy farmers heard...

Legislation introduced in the Washington House Environment and Energy Committee looks to monitor methane emissions in dairy and beef cattle.  House Bill 1630 would require dairy farms and feed lots to report annually to the state Department of Ecology with the total metric tons of methane emitted the preceding calendar year.  The proposal...

The USDA’s latest effort to get an idea of how far spread Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is in the nation’s dairy herd is about a month old.  That is the second federal order involving milk testing for the H5N1 strain.  Alex Turner of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health inspection Service said the department’s effort includes 28 states enrolled since the start of the month, consisting of nearly 65%

While there’s not much, there is still time for producers suffering losses last year due to specific disasters and adverse conditions to apply for USDA's Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm Raised Fish Program, better known as ELAP.  Far...

There's growing concern over bird flu in America.  On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to streamline the state’s response to H5N1.  This action comes as cases were detected in dairy cows on farms in Southern California.   Dr. Amira Roess,...