Calves moving into the dairy-beef stream need milk or milk replacer during transportation stops
Dairy calf colostrum critical for immunity and energy
Calves moving into the dairy-beef stream need milk or milk replacer during transportation stops
Build bigger value for cull dairy cows
In a time of high beef prices, feeding cull cows before they’re sent for slaughter can make sense
Dairy cows being sent for meat could be of higher value and healthier if they are fed for up to 60 days before processing.
McDonald’s to pay U.S. farmers for feed efficient Enogen corn use
The company is partnering with Syngenta to pay some farmers who use corn with the trait
A partnership between McDonald’s and Syngenta in the United States will pay beef producers to use Enogen corn, which will improve the feed efficiency of cattle and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
McDonald’s to pay U.S. farmers for feed efficient Enogen corn use
The company is partnering with Syngenta to pay some farmers who use corn with the trait
McDonald’s is paying 0.4 cents per animal per day, to farms that use Syngenta’s feed efficient Enogen trait, to help cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Jeffrey-Way Hard Rock Twigs wins Royal Supreme Champion
The cow was also Grand Champion of the Holstein Show at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair 2024
Jeffrey-Way Hard Rock Twigs won her second of North America’s major dairy show championships when she took the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair’s Supreme Championship on Nov. 9, 2024. The black […] Read more
Calf monitoring is next dairy tech frontier
Calf monitoring ear tags are creating more data to help manage health on dairy farms, enabled by artificial intelligence, as shown at World Dairy Expo 2024
Canadian Dairy Xpo, DLG launch new American show
The American Dairy Xpo will be based near Burlington, Vermont
The American Dairy Xpo was recently launched by the Canadian Dairy Xpo and its new owner, DLG, from Germany. It will debut during the first week of November 2025 in Burlington, Vermont.
Mechanical innovation helps seed companies keep up with genetic testing speed
Seed companies collect data in the field faster than ever using sensors
Seed companies like Syngenta are using mechanical innovations to keep up with the speed of genomic testing
Managing older cows
There’s lots we don’t know about how to keep older dairy cows productive
Demand for beef from dairy cows and expensive replacement heifers mean there’s economic incentive to understand how dairy cows age.
Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025
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.
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