Direct-fed microbials offer animal health and performance benefits, but a study showed tradeoffs in outcomes between yeast ...

Future cattle selection decisions could extend to breeding for rumen microbiome characteristics, say researchers who have recently mapped more bovine rumen microbe genomes than ever before. A British ...

By providing microbial metabolites directly, postbiotics help calves develop stronger gut defenses and support cows as they move through the biologically demanding transition period.

They made significant strides in understanding how dairy cattle convert this complex plant matter—plant material rich in cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin—into high-nutrient milk. Lignocellulose, a ...

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Each year, a single cow can belch about 200 pounds of methane. The powerful greenhouse gas is 27 times more potent at ...

For beef finishers, winter is often a time when a high level of starch is being fed to get animals finished as efficiently and profitably as possible. This can be a risk factor for acidosis. Acidosis ...

The American beef cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1973, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting the total herd at 86.7 million in January, one of the lowest inventories since the ...