Dairy farming has gained currency in Kenya thanks to increase in population and demand for quality milk. This has necessitated the need for good breeds of dairy cows. A breed is a race or variety ...

The Fleckvieh is the second-largest dairy breed in the world and one of Europe’s oldest according to an online publication, The Organic Farmer. According to the Daily Nation, Fleckviehs are highly ...

The dairy industry relies on a bovine brigade – a variety of cattle breeds each with unique strengths. But with so many options, which ones reign supreme in milk production? Let’s explore the top ...

A reader recently emailed me, saying that they were distressed about how modern dairies operate. I replied with some insights gleaned from my six decades’ worth of dairy experience. The majority of ...

This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and Ambrook Research. At Vaqueria El Remanso, a small dairy farm west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the cows are different—they have a freshly shaven, ...

Early adopters of crossbreeding as a tool to produce the right kind of cow for their block-calving, grazing-based systems, found that longer term breeding ...

Adopting high yield dairy cattle breeds and improving feed would allow Tanzania to increase milk production, while reducing planet warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and alleviating poverty, a new ...