The era of the average cow is over. Learn how 2026 genetic innovations are bulletproofing dairy herds against heat stress, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cattle in Pará state, Brazil. Gado via Wikipedia As the planet warms, Nigerian farmers are looking to breed cattle that can take ...

Rangeland cattle that inefficiently convert feed into body mass are more likely to struggle with heat stress than their ...

If 95 degrees seems hot to you, it feels even hotter to a dairy cow. Paul Larson’s rural Mindoro farm is home to 200 Jersey cows. As the number of people with farm ties dwindles, Larson writes to help ...

A single day of extreme heat can cut milk production by 10 per cent. And it doesn’t stop there – the effects of heat stress on dairy cows can linger for more than a week. That’s the finding from a ...

This is expected during periods of hot weather, but as more recently the weather has been slightly cooler and wetter, are cows still experiencing heat stress? Heat stress occurs when a cow’s body ...

Rising temperatures have created great repercussions for the agriculture industry as plants and animals become harder to maintain as demand remains the same. For the dairy industry, the trouble has ...