The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it’s responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, most of that from cow burps. That’s right: when ...

No need to make a stink: Controlling bovine flatulence could be key to helping curb global warming. New research suggests that breeding dairy cows to fart less — and, therefore, release less methane — ...

Getting heifers developed, inseminated early and confirmed pregnant plays a significant role in the lifetime productivity of ...

Major investments in dairy processing capacity are expected to reverse a longtime decline in replacement heifer numbers in about two years, according to a major Western agricultural lender. As dairy ...

Paul Ross Rigney has 60 Holstein-Friesian genetics cows in his 120-strong dairy herd on his family farm near Tullamore, Co.

The BGP initiative will be formally launched in 2026 with the first reports on enterprise benchmarking to be published in September. BGP comprises two complementary work streams. The first is a ...