Mineral supplementation “Minerals like zinc, copper, manganese and selenium are important for fertility, so bulls need good sources of those,” Lancaster says. “There is some work out there in mature ...

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David McMiken expands robotic milking tech at Ernespie. Discover how automation is changing dairy farming for high-yielding cows and efficiency.

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For a number of years, feed raw materials have been rapidly tested by near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) for tight control of ...

An exclusive Farmers Weekly survey has revealed that uncertainty about future investment in infrastructure, or to meet ...

For a cow to feed a calf and retain its own body condition requires a good solid intake of essential nutrients. First-calf ...