Researchers are exploring a new way to feed dairy cows that could help cut down on methane emissions while improving ...

Feeding dairy cows from birth to lactation Saturday, August 06, 2022 Leonard Lang’at feeds his dairy cows at his farm. Lactating cows are fed good quality forage, and dairy meal. photo / nmg.

Feeding calves colostrum benefits the producer of beef or dairy cattle by saving calf lives. Colostrum can be particularly valuable when given to calves that are orphaned or weak at birth or that do ...

Dr. Bob James, a dairy consultant and owner of Down Home Heifer Solutions, Blacksburg, VA (Former Extension Scientist at Virginia Tech) specializes in calf health and nutrition and works with ...

The aim for any dairy is to double a calf’s birth weight by weaning ­– without that all-important first feed of colostrum, calves are less likely to make it through their first days of life.

More information: Y.A. Adeniji et al, Effect of increasing dietary fat by feeding 15% whole cottonseed on milk production, total-tract digestibility, and methane emission in dairy cows, Journal of ...

Cottonseed as a cattle feed, especially for dairy cows, never completely disappeared, but there is a new awareness of its benefits. About 50% of the nation’s output of cottonseed goes toward ...

There are several ways to feed dairy cows — pasturing on grass, topdressing grain and protein on the forages fed to the cow in her stall, or feeding a total mixed ration, or TMR. We use a big ...

Emma works on Swyers Dairy Farm, her family’s farm with 1,300 milking cows. She helps with the calves. She also works on quality control, testing the milk and recording the volume.

Grazing cattle also produce more methane than feedlot cattle or dairy cows because they eat more fiber from grass. In the U.S., there are 9 million dairy cows and over 64 million beef cattle. “Beef ...