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Over the past several years the dairy industry has placed greater emphasis on the welfare of dairy animals through adoption of enhanced, science-based animal care practices.
In this BoviNews podcast, Dr. Jennifer Walker from Danone shares her perspectives on where the industry is at today in terms of animal welfare and what we need to do to continue on a path of improvement.

Calving season is the most stressful time for cows. It's also an important time to make sure calves get off on a fast start.

In this BoviNews Chat, Craig Belknap with Diamond V talks about key management factors producers should follow to help cows and calves navigate this critical period.

In a follow-up to our Women in Dairy Webinar, we invited Joan Lau of Semex, Kelli Cull of Budjon Farms and Peggy Coffeen of Progressive Dairy back to give some more insight and advice on our podcast!

In this Bovinews podcast episode we will focus on a topic that no one across agriculture ever wants to have happen to them, and that’s managing a crisis.
A crisis can be the result of two things: A natural crisis or something generated from an activist group. Today we are going to talk about what activists are up to and how you can be proactive in preventing becoming a victim.
We have an expert guest to help us with this topic, Hannah Thompson-Weeman of Animal Ag Alliance.

In this episode, meet Chris Cook, head of Enogen at Syngenta. Enogen corn increases feed efficiency as it contains an efficient alpha amylase enzyme that quickly converts starch to usable sugars, delivering more available energy to cattle while being easily digestible. New research shows the potential of Syngenta's Enogen corn to pay both financial and sustainability dividends for the livestock industry.