High-yielding dairy herds are more feed-efficient than low-yielding herds, but improvements must be made in cow fertility and longevity to lower methane emissions. A study of 21 farms across five systems, varying from more than nine months grazed to fully housed, assessed the whole-farm feed efficiency for all animals. It found average whole-farm feed efficiency […]
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