Mastitis Costs Dairy Farms Big Money
UK & Global Dairy Farms — Dairy mastitis — the inflammation of a cow’s udder — imposes significant economic losses on dairy operations worldwide, prompting experts to urge producers to calculate true costs on their own farms rather than relying on simple estimates. According to dairy health specialists, mastitis carries both direct costs (treatment, medicine,…
Irish dairy farmers can ‘no longer absorb’ cost
Dairy farmers say they can no longer absorb a significant spike in the cost of production of milk products, and that consumers will have to accept rising prices for the likes of milk, cheese, and butter. Irish dairy cows produce over eight billion litres of milk annually, but in the last year wholesale dairy production…