N.Ireland
As spring-calving suckler herds move beyond calving, CAFRE has said management attention must now focus on the suckler cow in early lactation.
Dairy
With 2025 drawing to a close, it’s time to put a lameness control plan in place for 2026 that will help boost animal welfare on the farm.
Rural Life
Every spring, Dutch people flock to their local farms to watch ‘the dance of the cows’...
Retained cleanings is also known as retained fetal membrane or retained placenta and occurs when...
The Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) is highlighting the risk of toxic mastitis in...
Gruyere is one of the most famous cheeses in the world, and can only be produced in certain areas of Switzerland.
Lely launched its Discovery Collector C2 earlier this year, claiming it to be a revolutionary...
Fire crews from Dorchester assisted in the rescuing of six cows from an underground slurry pit on a farm near Water Barn Track.
Other
A farming business has been fined after a woman was killed after being butted several times by a...
A Devon farmer has been fined after a man feared for his life during a cattle attack while walking his dog on a public footpath in Devon.
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has recently surveyed 120 dairy...
Four pregnant cows have died following a suspected dog chase in a field in Maenaddwyn, just outside Llannerchymedd, Anglesey, Wales.
Agri-Business
Cow cuddling is a wellness concept that Dumble Farm in Yorkshire has adopted as a means of diversification.
Mileutis, an Israeli-based biopharmaceutical animal and human health company has completed a...
Beef
The number of beef cows in the US at the start of this year was the lowest since 1962 at 28.918...
A UK landowner has been fined £15,000 after members of the public were “seriously injured” by...
A farmer in the UK has been fined after a dog walker was thrown 8ft into the air by one of his cows...
Livestock farmers must not "drop their guard" when it comes to liver fluke, experts from SCOPS and COWS have warned.
Canadian judge Pierre Boulet, described his 2022 RUAS Winter Fair interbreed champion as a “very special cow”.
During the current warm weather being experienced on dairy farms, ensuring cows have access to water at all times is critical.
A study has determined that heat stress in dairy cows may be causing significant milk yield loss. As a result, the study determined...
Bacteria found in the rumen of a cow could help to break down plastics, an Austrian study has found. Cows' diets already contain natural plant polyesters..
Genetically modified cows are currently being used by an American biotech firm to produce human...
