Autumn feeding changes can pressure rumen health on NZ dairy farms. Learn how fibre digestion, pasture shifts and live yeast support cow performance.

Ensuring structural fibre is available to fresh cows in very early lactation could ease transition by reducing metabolic issues and stabilising rumen function. This is according to NWF head of ...

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The time around calving, or the transition period, is hugely important to help prevent the risk of metabolic diseases in calves ...

Dairy farms need to review their strategies for preventing metabolic disease in transition cows as monensin boluses are no longer on the market, said independent veterinary consultant Dr David Charles ...

In the context of early lactation, it’s not the actual milk butterfat and protein percentages that are important; the rate of decrease is more important, writes InTouch Feeding Specialist MJ Doran.

Many dairy farmers are currently taking the welcome opportunity to turn cows out and reduce costs through utilising grass.