Dairy cattle calving and neonatal care are critical components of dairy farming that significantly impact animal welfare, productivity, and overall herd management. As the demand for dairy ...

Every cow calved is a step closer to finishing the calving season, writes Cork-based dairy farmer Paula Hynes.

Dairy farmers have significantly reduced the number of pure-bred dairy bull calves being born on their farms, according to a ...

Keeping groups of calves together, just like friendship groups in schools, is important, writes farm vet Hazell Mullins.

A post-calving vet check not only helps prevent ... See also: Uterine disease in dairy cows: Symptoms, causes and reducing risk Endometritis is a low-grade bacterial infection that causes ...

Shrewsbury Auction Centre manager Jonny Dymond believes a record average price for the dispersal of a UK commercial herd of ...

Most of us are familiar with salmonella bacteria as a potential cause of gastrointestinal disease in humans. 
 The severe ...

Sexed dairy semen is used on the top 30% of cows and about 70% of cows are bred to beef semen, using an easy calving British Blue sire, beef shorthorn and sexed Angus. Youngstock are bred to an ...