Dairy cows begin to experience heat stress when THI exceeds 68 (Figure 1). When cows experience heat stress, behavioral (decreased feed intake, increased standing time) and physiological (increased ...

Ten years ago, Brent Moyer would never have imagined he’d be tracking the minutes a cow spends chewing her cud and using that data to make key herd-management decisions. But today, Moyer, manager of ...

To continue using this site and its features, you will need to use a newer browser. Cows actually burp out methane — a greenhouse gas — as their complex ruminant digestive systems break down plant ...

The Ruminant Health & Welfare group is an independent, industry-based body tasked with helping farmers and stock managers to tackle sheep and cattle disease and build the health and welfare status, ...

Meat is available in several varieties these days, and I'm not just talking about pork, beef and chicken. We slice into ...

Remember as we approach the breeding season, low protein in your herd's milk is an indication of a negative energy and will ...

Essentially, the first three chambers of the stomach in a ruminant are responsible for breaking down the fibrous plant-based diets of ruminants. Upon entering the final chamber of the stomach, the ...

Creep feeding in the suckler herd should ideally commence when calves require additional energy to maintain target weight ...

Profitability requires improved efficiency, innovation and scale. OSU Extension educator Dwight Roseler provides tips to ...

We meet a massive cow loitering atop a fairytale ridge, and I can’t help but wonder where he keeps his camera. Olle tells me that even cows become victims of the mountains, occasionally ...