Scientists are pioneering a revolutionary approach to combat climate change: genetically engineering cow gut microbes to ...

Methane is an immensely challenging problem for the Irish dairy and beef sectors, but science is providing the means – mainly through new feed additives and breeding techniques – to reduce associated ...

Mineral supplementation “Minerals like zinc, copper, manganese and selenium are important for fertility, so bulls need good sources of those,” Lancaster says. “There is some work out there in mature ...

Farming outside of Trim in Co. Meath is dairy calf to beef farmer Michael Dunne. The farm rears 60 autumn and 40 spring ...

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Better returns for livestock producers have helped drive up demand for animal feed so far during the 2024-25 season. Margins ...

The value of maize in feed rations is not in doubt but farmers are facing challenges in continuing to use it with confidence amid increasingly ...

OAD feeding can significantly help this process of weaning and it can also help considerably with the workload at this time ...

In herds where the bulls will be siring replacement heifers, K-State beef cattle nutritionist Phillip ... they will lose body condition because the rumen hasn’t been able to adapt to digesting ...