Rumination Cows may spend 35 to 40 percent of each day ruminating (cud chewing). The amount of time spent ruminating depends on the diet. Little ruminating occurs when cows eat grain or finely ground ...

Negative energy balance occurs after calving when a cow is using more calories than she is eating. Reducing the time spent in a negative energy balance by encouraging feed intake is the most important ...

To evaluate sorting, use a Penn State shaker box to measure TMR particle size. Sample the feed at delivery, a few hours after feeding, and again before the next feeding. A difference of more than 10% ...

She advised feeding diets high in forage to help control how much cows eat. On the other hand, close-up cows require a more nutrient-dense diet to support the rapid growth of the fetus that is ...

I first heard about how a Saudi-owned farm company growing alfalfa to feed cows in the Middle East was draining aquifers in La Paz County back in 2015. It was one of those that-can’t-be-right ...

Ten years ago, Brent Moyer would never have imagined he’d be tracking the minutes a cow spends chewing her cud and using that data to make key herd-management decisions ... “I think it’s an added ...

It's believed to be the cause of various infectious diseases of the nervous system. Eating infected cattle products, including beef, can cause a human to develop vCJD. Mad cow disease is a progressive ...

TROOPERS SAY A PICKUP TRUCK GOING WEST ON HIGHWAY 20 HIT A COW JUST AFTER SEVEN THIS MORNING. THE COW THEN WENT INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES AND WAS HIT BY A CAR AND AN SUV. THE CORONER SAYS THE ...