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Can Seaweed Cut Methane Emissions on Dairy Farms?

Seaweed may be the super food dairy cattle need to reduce the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere. Early results from research at UC Davis indicate that just a touch of the ocean algae in cattle feed could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions from California’s 1.8 million dairy cows.

How to start your own dairy farm

Whatever your background or experience, there are some things you need to consider before starting your own dairy farm.

The Surprising Benefits of “Farm to Skin” Goat’s Milk

Goats seem to be the all around “it” animal these days, and for good reason. You may love goat cheese on your salad, have dabbled in trendy fitness like goat yoga, but did you know there is another ca

Why You Can Continue to Feel Good about Enjoying Dairy, Meat

Green living means living in a way that’s good for your community and the planet, and good for you, too. Further, many opt to make certain diet choices to help decrease their environmental footprint bit by bit.

How to Teach Your Cows a New Trick: Weeding

Turns out, you can condition helping grazing behavior into your herd.

This Sustainable Technology Could Save America's Dairy Farms

Dairy farms are often criticized for their contribution to air and water pollution but sustainable technologies like biodigesters offer dairy farmers a way to mitigate their farms’ environmental impacts and maybe win back American consumers.

5 ways dairy farms sequester carbon

Dairy farmers have many tools that allow them to either sequester or mitigate the emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon. Here are five.

Early 1900s: When the Navy ran a dairy farm

Did you know that for about 80 years, the United States Navy was in the dairy farm business, and for several decades even operated a hog farm?

Moo-ving The Animal Husbandry Industry Forward With AI

The use of AI in animal husbandry is helping to monitor the health and overall growth of animals to yield better end-products.

Breed cows to match your forage resources

“The beef industry is on an unsustainable path because aggressively selecting for enhanced mature size, muscle, and milk potential isn’t necessarily good for the commercial operation given typical,Forage Flash

How a dairyman and farm advisor helped farm writer's career blossom

How a California dairyman, a farm advisor and other farm leaders helped catapult a farm writer's career

Dairy grazier creates lanes

Dairy farm takes advantage of robots

Smaller dairy operations are starting to take advantage of an impressive new age of technology.

Partnerships move dairy community forward on environmental goals |

As environmental improvement goals become more defined in the dairy community, partnerships are proving to be

Being Responsible Stewards: Dairy’s Story

Technology has transformed our world, and we tend to embrace that in our day-to-day lives… however, some may not feel the same way when it comes to food. But where would we be without the innovation we can sometimes fear?

'It's important to protect the sustainable image of our dairy farms'

A litre of milk produced by Irish dairy farmers is the most efficient litre of milk produced in the EU according to James Humphreys.