Insights and Stories on Dairy Cattle

Jan. 17, 2025 at 10:26 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Claynook Farm has charted its own course over the years, in buildings and in the elite genetics of its cattle. The Wagler family at Claynook started milking in a cross-ventilated robotic-milking barn about a year ago and held an open house for the industry on Dec. 14, 2024 at […]

By John Greig

Nov. 15, 2024 at 10:01 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Avian influenza is hitting American cows and dairy farms hard when they have an outbreak of the disease, say farmers who have had it on their operation. Mortality on farms varies greatly, but some have had up to eight per cent. The number of infectious cases also […]

By John Greig

Nov. 1, 2024 at 3:58 pm CDT

The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.

By John Greig

Oct. 3, 2024 at 11:35 am CDT

To reach net zero by 2050, the UK must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and methane emissions from farm livestock pose a thorny problem. Ruminants such as cattle and sheep emit methane from their digestive systems and their manure. Scientists are trying to find ways to reduce these methane emissions without […]

By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

Sep. 5, 2024 at 3:34 pm CDT

Cows at three dairy farms in California tested positive for H5N1 bird flu at the end of August, marking an expansion of the virus into the largest dairy producing region of the United States, according to an announcement from the state’s agriculture department. More than 190 herds have been infected […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin