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Climate-induced grass scarcity alters cow feed and diets, impacting milk's omega-3 content, cheese texture, and taste.
At the Viikki Research Farm, dairy cows graze during the summer and eat preserved grass silage and grain in the winter. Cows have four stomachs, and microbes in the rumen break down the feed—producing ...
Domestic consumption is reportedly at its highest level in more than 60 years. Dairy cows eat up to 120 pounds of feed a day. For dairy farms to expand they also need to grow more crops to help ...
Heat stress not only impacts lactating dairy cows, it also affects dry cows, as well as first-gestation heifers.
Israel Obadare and Grazyne Tresoldi, of Ohio State University's Department of Animal Sciences, provide tips to prevent and ...
Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think.
Discover Dairy’s free “Adopt a Cow” program connected over 1.7 million students to the dairy industry through virtual farm ...
University of Florida researchers are testing a new type of cattle feed that could help dairy cows release less methane gas from burps and flatulence and use nutrients more efficiently.
Labneh is a creamy, tangy dairy product with multiple ways to enjoy ... placing yogurt (traditionally made from goat’s milk, but cow’s milk is most commonly used in the United States) in ...
Cows on the Gita Valley dairy farm outnumber humans by about 5 ... “They’re like big dogs that like to run up to you and try to eat your hands or something,” said the commune’s head ...