you’ll have many days without any feeding chores. But your critters can’t do without water, the most important nutrient for livestock. So, in the summer, you fill troughs every day.

The cow boma (unit) should have in place a feeding trough, water trough, gangway, sleeping area and milking parlour. The cow shed should be gently sloping, easy to clean/wash daily and secure from ...

A focus on optimising milking efficiency through 12 robots has created a setup that also maximises cow comfort and welfare ...

Cattle grazing and drinking on an Essex river is causing erosion Essex Wildlife Trust is fencing off part of the River Colne and introducing solar-powered drinking troughs It hopes it will also ...

For the past one year, Boniface Macharia has been eking a living by turning old tyres into flower pots and animal feeding troughs. “Most dairy farmers use buckets to give water to their cows.

Mexican butterworts are houseplants which stay indoors year-round, however, Gierys cultivates other types of carnivorous ...

Zimbabwe has experienced a devastating loss of over 9,000 livestock between June and October this year, primarily due to the harsh effects of El Niño-induced ...

looking for food in the trough while no food is present, reacting to food-providing tractor). Their findings reveal that heifers produce significantly more feeding related sounds with a maximum ...

The sight of dairy cows eating feed or lounging in a ... "They can go for a feed, behind them is a water trough and then go in onto the pack, lie down, sit and ruminate." Mr Jolliffe said the ...

Merced County has seen its first case of H5N1 bird flu, according to the Merced County Department of Public Health. The ...