Dairy
Having a Somatic Cell Count (SCC) of between 200,000 and 400,000 is not good enough
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Joep Driesen, from Holland, presented the concept of Cow Signals, at today’s Global 500 event, hosted by Alltech in Dublin.
Delegates attending day two of the Alltech Global 500 event this morning were told that calving maiden heifers at two years old, as opposed to 30 months, will save dairy farmers €1,500 per head.
Every day that a cow remains empty after 110 days will cost dairy farmers between €2.50 and €4.15 on a daily basis.
Agri-Business
Glanbia’s strategy director Sean Molloy has indicated that milk output in Ireland will increase by at least 50 per cent between 2015 and 2020.
EDF president Katrine Lecornu told delegates attending today’s Alltech Global 500 that EU milk production will increase by only 4% between 2015 and 2020.
Alltech president Dr Pearse Lyons has told AgriLand that Irish dairy and livestock farmers can look forward to a profitable future.
