Dairy
Body condition score: Are your cows on track for drying off?
With the drying-off period only around the corner, one of the key components of setting your cows up for next...
Dairy
With the drying-off period only around the corner, one of the key components of setting your cows up for next...
Dairy
If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to body condition score (BCS) your herd and start thinking...
Dairy
With the end of lactation fast approaching, AgriLand asked Glanbia Ireland Veterinary Adviser, Joris Somers, what farmers should be doing...
Dairy
Achieve higher conception rates this breeding season through close monitoring of your herd’s body condition score (BCS). The BCS of...
Dairy
Rapid body condition score (BCS) loss post-calving can cause health implications or failure to go back in-calf in the future....
Beef
Calving heifers at 24 months-of-age is no easy task and requires some precise management. However, it must be noted that farmers...
Dairy
While the majority of farmers across the country have already body condition scored (BCS) their herd and prioritised thinner cows,...
Dairy
Although many spring-calving dairy herds will continue to milk on into late November and early December, the importance of body...
Beef
Although farmers are hoping it will be a long way off, the winter housing period is fast approaching and a...
Sheep
Now that we are in the latter stages of September, and the National Ploughing Championships are behind us for another...
Dairy
A profitable dairy farming business hinges on many variables; but the importance of fertility should always be to the forefront...
Beef
Spring-calving suckler cows and heifers are now in mid-to-late pregnancy and it’s extremely important that measures are put in place...
Dairy
Dairy processors will sit down over the coming days to set October’s milk price. And, a price rise of 0.5-1c/L...
Beef
The inclement weather, that some parts of Ireland have experienced in recent weeks, has seen suckler cows housed earlier than...
Beef
By John McAloon, a veterinary practitioner, who works with Patrick Farrelly and Partners in Co. Meath. Having a cow that...
Grass
A welcome stretch in the evenings is helping to dry things up a bit. There has been a lot of...
Dairy
Approximately 700,000 dairy calves have been registered on Irish farms so far this year and the breeding season, to produce...
Sheep
A ewe’s requirement for energy and protein increases sharply after lambing, according to Teagasc’s Frank Campion. During the period from...