With many cows now turned out to grass, the science of balancing buffer feeding is tricky when often grass intake and quality is unknown. If you want to know if you are feeding to cow requirements, ...

Kate Hobden, a herdsperson at Downsview, said: "We milk about 100 [cows] and we calve all year round. It would have been ...

According to James Bendle, technical feed advisor at Davidson's Animal Feeds, the reasons for introducing a buffer feed vary from farm to farm but most commonly are either one or a combination of : - ...

Dairy farmers are facing a crisis, spending thousands of pounds feeding their cattle grain that should be saved for the ...

A FERMANAGH farmer recently welcomed his peers for an event showcasing the value of clover to nature-friendly agriculture.

But it continued to be used in Canada by Feed Rite, the former name of Ridley Inc. in Canada, until the ban was put in place. The 1997 ban prohibited the use of cattle parts susceptible to BSE in ...

While U.S. corn prices are falling, Western Canadian feed barley and feed wheat still have price advantages, said a ...

Dairy cows on William Irvine's farm. Picture: Cliff Donaldson : Dairy cows at grass: Buffer feeding dairy cows a high quality TMR at both shoulders of the grazing season will help to significantly ...

Hay is used to feed cattle during winter, when grass grows slower. Making it takes time, requires expensive equipment and ...

Nebraska cattle rancher Craig Uden bought 200 extra mother cows and their babies over a few weeks in May to expand his herd ...

A dairy farm in Bonshaw, P.E.I., spent hundreds of thousands of dollars building a new barn and is now discovering a comfy cow can be a cash cow.