How to maximise dairy farm profits in warm countries

Lactating cows are forced to overcome thermal stress while maintaining their high productivity, especially in warmer European countries. This remains one of the most important financial issues in modern dairy farming as income over feed cost decreases and milk quality characteristics are depressed, minimising herd profitability To reduce the negative effects of thermal stress, we must understand the biological mechanisms of the cow, while temperatures rise above its comfort zone or thermoneutra