Microbes to produce superior feed crops
Australian Scientists have identified two microbes that build bigger and more resilient feed crops.
The biotechnology research conducted at Flinders University in South Australia identified...
Dietary choline supplementation in dairy cows
Choline, a trimethylated quarternary amine involved in transport of fat from liver, provides labile methyl groups for transmethylation reactions and is required for the...
Technology to feed cattle from waste
The organic waste generated by the food sector, such as crop waste, expired products like milk, soups, meat and vegetables, as well as those...
Wanda-new, low-cost cattle feeding material
The Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Board have developed a new, low-cost cattle feeding material, Wanda, made from maize cobs and would offer training...
Research on water-saving alternative forage crops
In a new study published in Crop Science, researchers from Sukhbir Singh's laboratory at Texas Tech University investigated the potential of forage sorghum and...
Canola meal may improve productivity and efficiency in dairy cows
New research at the University of Nevada and University of Wisconsin supports use of canola meal over soybean meal in dairy cow diets. The...
Insect meal could be the future of animal feed
The costs of conventional feed resources are high, and their availability in the future will be limited. Insect rearing could be a part of...
Microalgae to replace fish oil for sustainable fish diets
US researchers found that replacing fish oil with Schizochytrium in Tilapia feed actually improved the feed for the fish and also increased certain healthy...
Crop stubble usage to produce commercial enzymes – an innovation by Siddarth Arora
Farmers in India who are compelled to burn their crop residue often face the brunt of an ill-managed system. IIT-Roorkee supported Fermentech Labs has...
Pumpkin seed cake – A replacement to soybean meal in dairy cows
Pumpkin seeds as an alternative to soybean meal in the diet of dairy cows. A survey conducted by Harbin University of Agricultural Sciences (China)...
