Category Archives: Dairy

Happy, healthy, profitable cows

“Nothing is more effective at dropping feed intake than feeling sick.” – Prof. Lance Baumguard ...

In developing immunity, good fences make good neighbours

Microbes. The most populous of all life forms – trillions of them everywhere. There are ...

Digging deeper

Why are you a dairy farmer? I would suggest that you are not in dairying ...

The art of active rest

The Dakar rally is a gruelling annual rally raid, and this year was held in ...

A smooth transition requires team effort

The period from 21 days before to 28 days after calving is the most critical ...

Comfortable people, comfortable cows

Optimising cow comfort is critical to improving profitability on a dairy farm, because it is ...