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Preparing dairy cows for lactation: looking beyond milk fever 🐄📈How can dairy producers ensure cows adapt smoothly durin...
03/09/2026

Preparing dairy cows for lactation: looking beyond milk fever 🐄📈

How can dairy producers ensure cows adapt smoothly during the critical first days of lactation? This article explores why transition management is shifting from treating post-calving disorders to proactive metabolic preparation—highlighting how subclinical hypocalcemia remains a hidden barrier to feed intake, rumen motility and immune function.

From controlled-energy dry diets to innovative nutritional strategies such as X-Zelit that stimulate natural calcium regulation before calving, effective transition programs are moving from correction to early prevention. A valuable read for dairy nutritionists, veterinarians and herd managers aiming for a strong, resilient start to lactation.

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Helping cows prepare before calving can improve calcium balance, feed intake, health and transition success in early lactation.

Whether you're raising dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep or goats, your ruminant herd thrives when rations are dialed in wi...
02/09/2026

Whether you're raising dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep or goats, your ruminant herd thrives when rations are dialed in with the right ingredients. Feed formulations that feature high-quality soybean
meal derived from U.S. Soy offer greater digestibility for optimal efficiency.

Find out more about ruminant nutrition and the benefits U.S. Soy delivers in this article by Thomas D’Alfonso, Ph.D., Worldwide Animal Nutrition Focus Area Director for U.S. Soybean Export Council.

What’s nourishing your business?
https://www.foodagribusiness.world/dairy/u-s-soy-delivers-value-for-ruminants

U.S. Soy soybean meal delivers consistent protein, high digestibility and verified sustainability for productive, efficient ruminant nutrition.

The jury has spoken: 32 innovations are shaping the future of dairy and livestock farming, with 12 focused squarely on c...
02/09/2026

The jury has spoken: 32 innovations are shaping the future of dairy and livestock farming, with 12 focused squarely on cattle. 🐄

From AI-assisted reproduction diagnostics and dewormer resistance testing to scarification that finally reaches the edges, this year's Innov'Space winners tackle everything from animal health and nutrition to housing and cyber security on automated dairy farms.

One cattle innovation even earned the rare 2-star distinction. Which solutions will change how you manage your herd, your data, or your farmyard?

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This year’s 32 Innov’Space award winners are shaping the future of farming. Of these, 12 innovations are from the dairy sector.

For Dutch cattle farmers and veterinarians, a wave of reports about fever, diarrhoea and sudden milk production drops le...
31/08/2026

For Dutch cattle farmers and veterinarians, a wave of reports about fever, diarrhoea and sudden milk production drops led Royal GD to investigate eight farms in mid-August.

Lab analysis confirmed orthobunyavirus infections at four locations, but distinguishing the exact pathogen proved challenging with existing tests. Samples have now been sent to Germany's Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut for further confirmation, while GD continues to urge the sector to remain vigilant and report atypical clinical signs. 🐄

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A Shamonda-like virus has been detected on 4 Dutch cattle farms, with affected cattle showing fever, diarrhoea and reduced milk production.

For Australia's dairy sector, declining milk supplies led to a deliberate shift: more cheese, less drying capacity. 🧀 Bu...
27/08/2026

For Australia's dairy sector, declining milk supplies led to a deliberate shift: more cheese, less drying capacity. 🧀

But Rabobank now warns this strategy poses a risk. Cheese prices are low and competition fierce, while whey protein prices hit record highs.

The question facing processors and farmers alike: how should milk protein be allocated to maximise value and secure future competitiveness?

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Rabobank warns that Australia's growing reliance on cheese production could become a risk as cheese prices weaken and whey markets remain strong.

For Thom Roelink and his parents Guus and Marian in Denekamp, mastitis was a challenge that demanded action. In 2017, th...
25/08/2026

For Thom Roelink and his parents Guus and Marian in Denekamp, mastitis was a challenge that demanded action.

In 2017, the family partnership decided to take a different approach to managing the pathogens behind the problem, and in 2024 they went even further. The result? Less work, less hassle, and above all, peace of mind in the barn.

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Vaccination against mastitis pathogens gives the Roelink family healthier cows, less treatment, less wasted milk and greater peace of mind.

For student researcher Jelle van Lierop at Voergroep Zuid, the question seemed simple: how much do cows actually drink? ...
21/08/2026

For student researcher Jelle van Lierop at Voergroep Zuid, the question seemed simple: how much do cows actually drink? 🐄

What he found across five dairy farms surprised many in the sector. Water intake varied dramatically, from 60 to 125 litres per cow per day, with temperature, trough type, and ration composition all playing a role. But it was the difference between two common watering systems that stood out most.

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Dairy cows can drink up to 125 litres of water daily, with temperature, trough design and ration composition influencing their intake.

Dairy farmers know clinical mastitis is painful for their cows. Yet research from the M-team at Ghent University reveals...
19/08/2026

Dairy farmers know clinical mastitis is painful for their cows. Yet research from the M-team at Ghent University reveals only 1 in 3 farmers administers pain relief to a cow with visible mastitis. 🐄

The pain affects lying time, feed intake, rumination and milking behaviour, but many producers still focus solely on fighting the infection itself.

How should farmers balance infection control with managing the secondary effects that impact cow comfort and performance?

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Clinical mastitis causes udder inflammation and pain, yet only 1 in 3 cows with visible mastitis receives a painkiller or anti-inflammatory drug.

Dutch veterinarians are reporting a sudden rise in fever, diarrhoea, and milk production drops among cattle 🐄 The timing...
17/08/2026

Dutch veterinarians are reporting a sudden rise in fever, diarrhoea, and milk production drops among cattle 🐄

The timing has raised questions: could this be connected to the new orthobunyavirus detected across the border in France, Switzerland, and Germany?

Royal GD has mobilised Veekijker veterinarians to visit affected farms and collect diagnostic samples, but so far, no confirmed cases. The pressure is on to understand what's behind these clinical signs and what it might mean for pregnant animals.

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Dutch vets report more cattle with fever, diarrhoea and falling milk yields as a new orthobunyavirus spreads in neighbouring Europe.

For livestock farmers across southern England and Wales, the rise in temperature has brought more than just summer weath...
11/08/2026

For livestock farmers across southern England and Wales, the rise in temperature has brought more than just summer weather. 🐄

In a matter of weeks, bluetongue cases have surged, with more than 100 holdings now affected. The National Farmers Union is clear: vigilance on farm can no longer be postponed.

How are producers responding to a threat that is no longer distant?

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Bluetongue cases are rising rapidly in the UK, with BTV-3 spreading across England and Wales as warm weather boosts midge activity.

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