Feed supplement may reduce cow methane emissions
International team of researchers found positive effects of supplement added to the feed of high-producing dairy cows reduced methane emissions by 30 percent and...
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...
Distillers coproducts continue to evolve
June 2015: Several years back it was asked if everything that could be done with distillers grains was done. It is amazing how innovation...
Reducing climate emissions from livestock while improving food security
Reducing climate emissions from livestock while improving food security and livelihoods is a global challenge. A recent study on manure management policies and practices...
Roadmap for ocean prosperity
"Sustainable Reforms: fishing smarter can increase economic growth, food production and fish population."
June 2015: Scientists of a new research series say economic, nutrition and...
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...
New sensor system sniffs out mycotoxins in wheat
The quality of grass herbage and grass silage significantly affects enteric methane production of dairy cattle, according to new research of Wageningen UR in...
New sensor system sniffs out mycotoxins in wheat
Mycotoxins - produced by fungi contaminate about 25 % of food crops worldwide, according to the latest estimates. Detecting contamination quickly and reliably is...
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...
Jatropha and its merit as animal feed
Climate change and predicted shortages of fossil fuels present major challenges. Currently, biofuel production is from agricultural crops grown primarily on arable land. Conflict...