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Need veterinary advice? - Phone A Vet - A phone app offering a convenient and affordable way for pet owners and farmers to speak with Australian registered veterinarians

Australia | Condition Scoring | Introductory | 2020 |

Genetic Screening for Beef and Dairy Herds

Beef and Dairy Network Podcast

Benjamin Partridge | United Kingdom | Dairy Podcasts |

Rearing Healthy Calves in the Subtropics

Dairy Australia | Australia | Dairy Podcasts |

The Dairy Edge

Teagasc | Ireland | Dairy Podcasts |

Dairy Moosings

Dairy Moosings | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

NSW DPI Dairy Podcasts

Australia | Dairy Podcasts |

Dairy and Animal Science

Penn State | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

Purdue Dairy Digest

Purdue University | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

The Milk Check

The Milk Check | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

Millet and sorghum

Dairy Australia | Australia | Sorghum | Introductory |

Dairy Feed Tools

Ketosis

Down Cows

Mycoplasma bovis in Australia

Mycoplasma bovis

Farm Biosecurity on Dairy Farms

Calving Pattern in Dairy Cows

Facts on alternative fibre sources

Weaning Dairy Calves

Disbudding Calves

Standing Cows Off - How Cows Change Grazing Behaviour

Milk Urea

Protein to Fat Ratio of Milk

Common Feed Supplements - Dairy

Grass Silage as a Feed Supplement for Dairy Cows

Best Practice Guide for Trading Maize Forage

Maize Silage as a Feed Supplement for Dairy Cows

Mastitis and On-Farm Milk Cultures

Common Diseases in Dairy Cattle

Nutritional Disorders and Diseases in Dairy Cattle

Nutritional Management of the Dairy Herd

Feed Management of Dairy Calves from Birth to Weaning

Feed Management of Dairy Heifers - Post-weaning to Calving

Drought Management of Dairy Cows

Basic Cattle Digestive Physiology & Nutrient Management

Feeding Legumes to Dairy Cattle

Feeding Lucerne to Dairy Cattle

Irrigation Management & Nutrient Balancing

Successful Dairy Production in the Sub-Tropics

Individual Cow Calving Health Tool

Heifer Rearing Tool

Calving Pattern Tool

Bull Management Practices Tool

Body Condition Loss in Early Lactation Tool

How much water do I need or use on farm?

Dairy Australia | Australia | Dairy Cattle | Introductory |

Interrelations between the rumen microbiota and production, behavioral, rumen fermentation, metabolic, and immunological attributes of dairy cows

Silage review: Factors affecting dry matter and quality losses in silages

Italy | Supplementary Feeding | Advanced |

Production of Milk and Bovine Mastitis

A Summary of Bovine Mastitis: Cause, Cost, Risk, Treatment

Evaluation of a Hand-Held Meter to Detect Subclinical Ketosis in Dairy Cows

Single nucleotide polymorphisms concordant with the horned/polled trait in Holsteins

Discrimination between some Mycoplasma spp. and Acholeplasma laidlawii in bovine milk using high resolution melting curve analysis

Use of a new inactivated paratuberculosis vaccine in a field trial

Content and Composition of Branched-Chain Fatty Acids in Bovine Milk Are Affected by Lactation Stage and Breed of Dairy Cow

Plant Nutrient Requirements

Understanding and Managing Soil Biology

Will Colbert's success story

People in Agriculture | Australia | Share farming | Introductory |

Personal Property Securities Act 2009

Legally speaking: Don’t lose your interests in livestock, crops and plant

Feed or Agist Calculator

NSW DPI | Australia | Supplementary Feeding | Intermediate |

Dangers of Agistment: the need for a formal, written agreement

Agistment and Non-Payment of Agistment Fees – Can you Claim a Lien over Cattle?

Murdoch Lawyers | Agistment | Advanced | 2014 |

Agistment Guidelines

Biosecurity for producers agisting or leasing country

Smooth grazing – trouble-free agistment

Agistment Rates

DairyTas | Australia | Agistment | Intermediate |

Agistment for small landholders

Energy and Carbon Impact of Precision Livestock Farming Technologies Implementation in the Milk Chain: From Dairy Farm to Cheese Factory

The motivation-based calving facility: Social and cognitive factors influence isolation seeking behaviour of Holstein dairy cows at calving

Variation in Weed Seed Fate Fed to Different Holstein Cattle Groups

Changes in Animal Welfare Perceptions

Dairy Cattle in a Temperate Climate

Dairy Cows Value Access to Pasture as Highly as Fresh Feed

Local Immunisation and Escherichia Coli Mastitis

Agricultural Business Financial Tools QLD

Genomic Selection Improves Heat Tolerance in Dairy Cattle

Canola Oil in Lactating Dairy Cow Diets

Business Plan: Dairyman Farm

Using Hormones to Manage Dairy Cow Fertility

Clinical Mastitis

Future Ready Dairy Systems

Milk Yield and Fatty Acid Content in Holstein Dairy Cows

Economics of a Reproductive Performance Tool

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Fertility | Advanced |

Calf Rearing in NZ

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Calving & Calf Management | Introductory |

Comparative Stocking Rate

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Feeding Systems | Advanced |

Lameness Scoring of Dairy Cattle

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Health & Disease | Introductory |

Lameness Cost Calculator

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Dairy Benchmarking | Intermediate |

Caring for Calves

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Calf Rearing | Introductory |

Bobby Calves

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Calving & Calf Management | Introductory |

Calving Cows - Dairy NZ

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Calving Cows | Introductory |

Grazing Management Tips

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Pasture Management | Advanced |

Pasture Intake, Milk Production, and Grazing Behaviour of Dairy Cows

Claw Horn Lesions in Dairy Cows

Body Condition Score in Pasture-based Dairy Cows

Supplements for Dairy

Pasture Management for Dairy

InCalf Books

Herd Body Condition

Climate Change & Dairying in Western Victoria?

Abortion and Infertility

Australia | Fertility | Advanced |

The effect of pasture allowance offered for different time durations on the dry matter intake of dairy cows

Limited application of irrigation water does not affect the nutritive characteristics of lucerne

Precision Dairy Technology: Electronic Cow Identification

Using irrigation water to establish profitable pasture and crops

Dairy SA | Australia | Dairy Cattle | Advanced |

Management options for dairy farms under climate change: Effects of intensification, adaptation and simplification on pastures, milk production and profitability

Identifying risk factors associated with lameness in pasture-based dairy herds

Determining production gains from N,P,K Inputs on Australian Dairy Farms

Inputs |

Dairy CHECK

Dairy Benchmarking |

Is rearing calves with the dam a feasible option for dairy farms?—Current and future research

Effect of dietary supplementation of pasture-based primiparous Holstein-Friesian cows with degummed crude canola oil on body condition score, liveweight, milk yield and composition

J.R. Otto, P. Nish, R.O. Balog... | Dairy Cattle | Advanced | 2016 |

Genomic selection for tolerance to heat stress in Australian dairy cattle

Expanding a dairy business affects business risk and financial risk

Factors associated with fertility of nulliparous dairy heifers following a 10-day fixed-time artificial insemination program with sex-sorted and conventional semen

Challenges of feeding dairy cows in Australia and New Zealand

Challenges of feeding dairy cows in Australia and New Zealand

Factors associated with fertility of nulliparous dairy heifers following a 10-day fixed-time artificial insemination program with sex-sorted and conventional semen

Expanding a dairy business affects business risk and financial risk

Genomic selection for tolerance to heat stress in Australian dairy cattle

Effect of dietary supplementation of pasture-based primiparous Holstein-Friesian cows with degummed crude canola oil on body condition score, liveweight, milk yield and composition

J.R. Otto, P. Nish, R.O. Balog... | Dairy Cattle | Advanced | 2016 |

Is rearing calves with the dam a feasible option for dairy farms?—Current and future research

Dairy CHECK

Dairy Benchmarking |

Determining production gains from N,P,K Inputs on Australian Dairy Farms

Inputs |

Identifying risk factors associated with lameness in pasture-based dairy herds

Management options for dairy farms under climate change: Effects of intensification, adaptation and simplification on pastures, milk production and profitability

Using irrigation water to establish profitable pasture and crops

Dairy SA | Australia | Dairy Cattle | Advanced |

Precision Dairy Technology: Electronic Cow Identification

Limited application of irrigation water does not affect the nutritive characteristics of lucerne

The effect of pasture allowance offered for different time durations on the dry matter intake of dairy cows

Abortion and Infertility

Australia | Fertility | Advanced |

Climate Change & Dairying in Western Victoria?

Herd Body Condition

InCalf Books

Pasture Management for Dairy

Supplements for Dairy

Body Condition Score in Pasture-based Dairy Cows

Claw Horn Lesions in Dairy Cows

Pasture Intake, Milk Production, and Grazing Behaviour of Dairy Cows

Grazing Management Tips

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Pasture Management | Advanced |

Calving Cows - Dairy NZ

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Calving Cows | Introductory |

Bobby Calves

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Calving & Calf Management | Introductory |

Caring for Calves

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Calf Rearing | Introductory |

Lameness Cost Calculator

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Dairy Benchmarking | Intermediate |

Lameness Scoring of Dairy Cattle

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Health & Disease | Introductory |

Comparative Stocking Rate

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Feeding Systems | Advanced |

Calf Rearing in NZ

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Calving & Calf Management | Introductory |

Economics of a Reproductive Performance Tool

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Fertility | Advanced |

Milk Yield and Fatty Acid Content in Holstein Dairy Cows

Future Ready Dairy Systems

Clinical Mastitis

Using Hormones to Manage Dairy Cow Fertility

Business Plan: Dairyman Farm

Canola Oil in Lactating Dairy Cow Diets

Genomic Selection Improves Heat Tolerance in Dairy Cattle

Agricultural Business Financial Tools QLD

Local Immunisation and Escherichia Coli Mastitis

Dairy Cows Value Access to Pasture as Highly as Fresh Feed

Dairy Cattle in a Temperate Climate

Changes in Animal Welfare Perceptions

Variation in Weed Seed Fate Fed to Different Holstein Cattle Groups

The motivation-based calving facility: Social and cognitive factors influence isolation seeking behaviour of Holstein dairy cows at calving

Energy and Carbon Impact of Precision Livestock Farming Technologies Implementation in the Milk Chain: From Dairy Farm to Cheese Factory

Agistment for small landholders

Agistment Rates

DairyTas | Australia | Agistment | Intermediate |

Smooth grazing – trouble-free agistment

Biosecurity for producers agisting or leasing country

Agistment Guidelines

Agistment and Non-Payment of Agistment Fees – Can you Claim a Lien over Cattle?

Murdoch Lawyers | Agistment | Advanced | 2014 |

Dangers of Agistment: the need for a formal, written agreement

Feed or Agist Calculator

NSW DPI | Australia | Supplementary Feeding | Intermediate |

Legally speaking: Don’t lose your interests in livestock, crops and plant

Personal Property Securities Act 2009

Will Colbert's success story

People in Agriculture | Australia | Share farming | Introductory |

Understanding and Managing Soil Biology

Plant Nutrient Requirements

Content and Composition of Branched-Chain Fatty Acids in Bovine Milk Are Affected by Lactation Stage and Breed of Dairy Cow

Use of a new inactivated paratuberculosis vaccine in a field trial

Discrimination between some Mycoplasma spp. and Acholeplasma laidlawii in bovine milk using high resolution melting curve analysis

Single nucleotide polymorphisms concordant with the horned/polled trait in Holsteins

Evaluation of a Hand-Held Meter to Detect Subclinical Ketosis in Dairy Cows

A Summary of Bovine Mastitis: Cause, Cost, Risk, Treatment

Production of Milk and Bovine Mastitis

Silage review: Factors affecting dry matter and quality losses in silages

Italy | Supplementary Feeding | Advanced |

Interrelations between the rumen microbiota and production, behavioral, rumen fermentation, metabolic, and immunological attributes of dairy cows

How much water do I need or use on farm?

Dairy Australia | Australia | Dairy Cattle | Introductory |

Body Condition Loss in Early Lactation Tool

Bull Management Practices Tool

Calving Pattern Tool

Heifer Rearing Tool

Individual Cow Calving Health Tool

Successful Dairy Production in the Sub-Tropics

Irrigation Management & Nutrient Balancing

Feeding Lucerne to Dairy Cattle

Feeding Legumes to Dairy Cattle

Basic Cattle Digestive Physiology & Nutrient Management

Drought Management of Dairy Cows

Feed Management of Dairy Heifers - Post-weaning to Calving

Feed Management of Dairy Calves from Birth to Weaning

Nutritional Management of the Dairy Herd

Nutritional Disorders and Diseases in Dairy Cattle

Common Diseases in Dairy Cattle

Mastitis and On-Farm Milk Cultures

Maize Silage as a Feed Supplement for Dairy Cows

Best Practice Guide for Trading Maize Forage

Grass Silage as a Feed Supplement for Dairy Cows

Common Feed Supplements - Dairy

Protein to Fat Ratio of Milk

Milk Urea

Standing Cows Off - How Cows Change Grazing Behaviour

Disbudding Calves

Weaning Dairy Calves

Facts on alternative fibre sources

Calving Pattern in Dairy Cows

Farm Biosecurity on Dairy Farms

Mycoplasma bovis

Mycoplasma bovis in Australia

Dairy Australia | Australia | Sorghum | Introductory |

The Milk Check

The Milk Check | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

Purdue Dairy Digest

Purdue University | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

Dairy and Animal Science

Penn State | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

NSW DPI Dairy Podcasts

Australia | Dairy Podcasts |

Dairy Moosings

Dairy Moosings | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

The Dairy Edge

Teagasc | Ireland | Dairy Podcasts |

Rearing Healthy Calves in the Subtropics

Dairy Australia | Australia | Dairy Podcasts |

Beef and Dairy Network Podcast

Benjamin Partridge | United Kingdom | Dairy Podcasts |

Genetic Screening for Beef and Dairy Herds

Need veterinary advice? - Phone A Vet - A phone app offering a convenient and affordable way for pet owners and farmers to speak with Australian registered veterinarians

Australia | Condition Scoring | Introductory | 2020 |

A Summary of Bovine Mastitis: Cause, Cost, Risk, Treatment

Abortion and Infertility

Australia | Fertility | Advanced |

Agistment and Non-Payment of Agistment Fees – Can you Claim a Lien over Cattle?

Murdoch Lawyers | Agistment | Advanced | 2014 |

Agistment for small landholders

Agistment Guidelines

Agistment Rates

DairyTas | Australia | Agistment | Intermediate |

Agricultural Business Financial Tools QLD

Basic Cattle Digestive Physiology & Nutrient Management

Beef and Dairy Network Podcast

Benjamin Partridge | United Kingdom | Dairy Podcasts |

Best Practice Guide for Trading Maize Forage

Biosecurity for producers agisting or leasing country

Bobby Calves

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Calving & Calf Management | Introductory |

Body Condition Loss in Early Lactation Tool

Body Condition Score in Pasture-based Dairy Cows

Bull Management Practices Tool

Business Plan: Dairyman Farm

Calf Rearing in NZ

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Calving & Calf Management | Introductory |

Calving Cows - Dairy NZ

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Calving Cows | Introductory |

Calving Pattern in Dairy Cows

Calving Pattern Tool

Canola Oil in Lactating Dairy Cow Diets

Caring for Calves

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Calf Rearing | Introductory |

Challenges of feeding dairy cows in Australia and New Zealand

Changes in Animal Welfare Perceptions

Claw Horn Lesions in Dairy Cows

Climate Change & Dairying in Western Victoria?

Clinical Mastitis

Common Diseases in Dairy Cattle

Common Feed Supplements - Dairy

Comparative Stocking Rate

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Feeding Systems | Advanced |

Content and Composition of Branched-Chain Fatty Acids in Bovine Milk Are Affected by Lactation Stage and Breed of Dairy Cow

Dairy and Animal Science

Penn State | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

Dairy Cattle in a Temperate Climate

Dairy CHECK

Dairy Benchmarking |

Dairy Cows Value Access to Pasture as Highly as Fresh Feed

Dairy Feed Tools

Dairy Moosings

Dairy Moosings | United States | Dairy Podcasts |

Dangers of Agistment: the need for a formal, written agreement

Determining production gains from N,P,K Inputs on Australian Dairy Farms

Inputs |

Disbudding Calves

Discrimination between some Mycoplasma spp. and Acholeplasma laidlawii in bovine milk using high resolution melting curve analysis

Down Cows

Drought Management of Dairy Cows

Economics of a Reproductive Performance Tool

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Fertility | Advanced |

Effect of dietary supplementation of pasture-based primiparous Holstein-Friesian cows with degummed crude canola oil on body condition score, liveweight, milk yield and composition

J.R. Otto, P. Nish, R.O. Balog... | Dairy Cattle | Advanced | 2016 |

Energy and Carbon Impact of Precision Livestock Farming Technologies Implementation in the Milk Chain: From Dairy Farm to Cheese Factory

Evaluation of a Hand-Held Meter to Detect Subclinical Ketosis in Dairy Cows

Expanding a dairy business affects business risk and financial risk

Factors associated with fertility of nulliparous dairy heifers following a 10-day fixed-time artificial insemination program with sex-sorted and conventional semen

Facts on alternative fibre sources

Farm Biosecurity on Dairy Farms

Feed Management of Dairy Calves from Birth to Weaning

Feed Management of Dairy Heifers - Post-weaning to Calving

Feed or Agist Calculator

NSW DPI | Australia | Supplementary Feeding | Intermediate |

Feeding Legumes to Dairy Cattle

Feeding Lucerne to Dairy Cattle

Future Ready Dairy Systems

Genetic Screening for Beef and Dairy Herds

Genomic selection for tolerance to heat stress in Australian dairy cattle

Genomic Selection Improves Heat Tolerance in Dairy Cattle

Grass Silage as a Feed Supplement for Dairy Cows

Grazing Management Tips

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Pasture Management | Advanced |

Heat Detection

Heifer Rearing Tool

Herd Body Condition

How much water do I need or use on farm?

Dairy Australia | Australia | Dairy Cattle | Introductory |

Identifying risk factors associated with lameness in pasture-based dairy herds

InCalf Books

Individual Cow Calving Health Tool

Interrelations between the rumen microbiota and production, behavioral, rumen fermentation, metabolic, and immunological attributes of dairy cows

Irrigation Management & Nutrient Balancing

Is rearing calves with the dam a feasible option for dairy farms?—Current and future research

Ketosis

Lameness Cost Calculator

DairyNZ | New Zealand | Dairy Benchmarking | Intermediate |

Lameness Scoring of Dairy Cattle

Dairy NZ | New Zealand | Health & Disease | Introductory |

Legally speaking: Don’t lose your interests in livestock, crops and plant

Limited application of irrigation water does not affect the nutritive characteristics of lucerne

Local Immunisation and Escherichia Coli Mastitis

Maize Silage as a Feed Supplement for Dairy Cows

Management options for dairy farms under climate change: Effects of intensification, adaptation and simplification on pastures, milk production and profitability

Managing Dairy Bulls

Mastitis

Mastitis and On-Farm Milk Cultures

Milk Fever

Milk Urea

Milk Yield and Fatty Acid Content in Holstein Dairy Cows

Millet and sorghum

Dairy Australia