By scoring manure on a scale of 1-5, you can gauge how well the rumen is processing nutrients. A score of 3 is ideal, representing well-digested feed. A score of 1, however, indicates poor digestion ...

Buffers can often be an overlooked tool in dairy nutrition, yet they play a crucial role in maintaining rumen health, ...

Manure scoring helps cattle producers assess rumen function and fine-tune nutrition by evaluating manure consistency on a ...

Tall fescue adds to summer heat losses come in the form of less gain, weaker fertility and other health issues.

Farmers must be on alert for heat stress in their cattle as Met Éireann confirms temperatures are expected to surpass 28℃.

Heat stress, which has risen by 30% over the past 40 years due to global warming, threatens to worsen this gap. Prolonged heatwaves and hotter summers could decimate India’s dairy sector, undoing the ...

THE Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development ministry has urged farmers to prepare for potential livestock feed shortages, particularly for cattle, ahead of the lean season.

USDA estimated cattle and calves on feed on March 1 at 11.56 million head, down 2% from last year and slightly below average analyst expectations. (The monthly Cattle on Feed report measures cattle on ...

Live cattle futures fell into the Friday close, with nearby losses of $1.52 to $2.47, as traders were lightning up ahead of the monthly Cattle on Feed report. Friday’s Preliminary open interest ...

When consulting with their veterinarian on the best treatment for scours, producers shouldn’t forget the necessity of proper hydration.

ADM Animal Nutrition has issued a recall for cattle feed sold across six states, including Tennessee. The animal feed products may contain elevated copper levels or zinc levels below their represen… ...

Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far to graze or stick close to the herd, water supplies and feed stations.