Young calves will benefit from eating green grass, and she said there ... is balanced and will fit the needs of the herd at the time, whether the cows are lactating and gestating, she said.

The first scorecard suggested was post-calving; the next one to consider is herd health metrics. Illness and death loss in a ...

Data for the end of March from both sources are fairly similar and are shown below: GrassCheck also publishes a useful prediction of milk from grass, based on a 650kg cow eating 15kg grass dry matter ...

Dairy farmer, Mark Lonergan from Rosegreen, Cashel, Co. Tipperary discussed how he manages grass quality to drive performance ...

The herd ambles in and gets to work on the tall ... Other ranchers and researchers say letting cows eat grass their whole lives may reduce the overall impact cattle have on the environment by ...

Eat Grass-Fed Beef, Help the Planet? Research Says Not So Simple For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not. A study out Monday ...

Schmitt said maybe if beef was scaled back on a large enough scale and if farmers could free up more cropland for other foods that humans eat, the localized environmental benefits of grass-fed ...