Understanding and supporting rumen microbial communities can be the key to hitting peak yield, optimising milk price, and making the most of every bite of feed.

Optimizing cattle nutrition for sustainable dairy farming: reduce methane emissions, boost milk production, and enhance ...

Managing heat stress is a little easier in early spring. Regardless of the time of year, giving animals access to fresh, ...

Beef cattle producers and consulting nutritionists who would like to learn more about feeding beef cattle may attend the Advanced Beef Cattle Nutrition course, hosted by Penn State Extension. The ...

"In early stage testing, the fungal extracts had considerable impact on reducing methane, including almost complete inhibition, without having negative impacts on rumen fermentation characteristics.

While lower quality hay has more less-digestible fiber and less easily-digested carbohydrates and protein, it also encourages more ruminative chewing, which buffers rumen fermentation and can help ...

While a visual appraisal to gauge hay quality can be informative, extension experts stress that there’s only one way to truly know the quality of hay — getting an accurate test. “Hay that looks ...

After many decades of research, the dairy sector has a significant body of peer-reviewed research showing that feed additives can effectively reduce methane, the greenhouse gas that makes up most of ...

Each spring, dairy herds are hit with milk fat depression following turnout. According to Dr Richard Kirkland, Global ...