www.milkproduction.com has been redesigned to make it even easier to find information. Not only is there a new design, you will also find new content within a wide range of dairy topics in our reference library, and four new featured farms - and more to come.

In addition to providing a much wider coverage of dairy issues in the library, we are actively expanding our network of experts in order to cover more than just a European and North American perspective on dairy farming. We are also working on adding depth to the different topics.

Another change you will see is that we have moved the discussion forum and the more interactive tools to a spin-off site, The Dairy Center. This way we can focus on building a complete reference library on Milkproduction.com.

We aim to cover the full milk value chain – from calf to consumer.

Visit the web site and have a look!  www.milkproduction.com
Please let us know what you think by clicking on Contact Us.

For the discussion group, go to the spin-off site: www.thedairycenter.org

The importance of health and fertility traits in purebred dairy cattle
by Les Hansen

Recent estimates of genetic relationships of survival with type traits suggest that more moderately-sized cows  with less sharpness (and udders held well above the ground) are the most likely to survive the longest in dairy herds in most places in the world. Read the article>>

“Breeding to meet the changing economics of the dairy industry”
Read our selection of papers and slide shows from the Red Cow symposium 2005 in South Africa. Click here to read more>>

Spotlighting farms from around the world!

Lima Ranch, California, USA is our current featured farm

Owners: Jack & Patti Hamm 1300 dairy cows (Holstein) Housing: Loose-housing 2x30 parallel parlour 2 milkings per day

There are other new farms in our Visit the Dairies section:

• Vassilis sheep farm in Greece - 500 ewes are milked in a 2x24/24 parallell parlour
• The Halpin dairy farm in Ireland - milking 140 cows in a midiline 16x32 herringbone parlour
• Bocaina dairy farm in Brazil uses a bucket milking system for their 35 cows

Click here to go to the Visit the Dairies section>>