Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Managing autumn-born calves
Getting the management of calves right this autumn is vital for their development and to ensure that growth targets are...
Autumn-Calving
Dairy Technical
Strong trade for autumn-born calves at Enniscorthy Mart
Enniscorthy Mart held its weekly calf sale on Wednesday, November 29, with 120 calves on offer at this weeks sale....
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Winter-milk: Keeping cell counts under-control
Managing cell counts within herds can be a challenge at times, particularly in herds that are producing milk off cubicles....
Dairy Technical
Cashel Blue dispersal sale brings a top call of €2,400
Prices reached €2,400 at the Cashel Blue cheese herd dispersal sale at Mid Tipp Marts in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, on...
Dairy Technical
High standard of hygiene essential in calf shed this winter
Most autumn-calving or winter milk herds now have the majority of cows calved, therefore there a large number of calves...
Dairy Technical
Autumn-born calves met with lively trade at Castleisland sale
Castleisland Mart held its calf sale on Monday, November 20, with an extremely lively trade for autumn-born calves. The autumn-calving...
Dairy Technical
Planning for breeding in autumn-calving herds
For herds that are calving cows in autumn, some thought now needs to be placed on the breeding of cows...
Dairy Technical
Keep a close eye on BCS of autumn-calving cows
Monitoring of body condition score (BCS) in winter milk cows is important at this stage of lactation, to ensure excess...
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Preventing pneumonia in calves this autumn
Pneumonia can affect cattle of any age; it is a complex multi-factorial respiratory disease, caused by a range of bacteria,...
Dairy Technical
Autumn-calving: Dealing with milk fever cases
Milk fever is unfortunately an issue that will likely have to be dealt with on farms calving cows this autumn....
Dairy Technical
Winter milk: Grouping cows for greater feed efficiency
Having good feed efficiency within winter milk systems is vital for a margin to be achieved on milk produced during...
Dairy Technical
Autumn-calving: Dealing with scour in calves
Calving is underway on autumn-calving or winter milk herds and as a consequence, there will be issues with calf health...
Dairy Technical
Autumn calving: Managing negative energy balance in cows
Managing negative energy balance (NEB) in cows is vital to ensuring that they go on to have a successful lactation....
Dairy Technical
Autumn calving: Calf management vital for success
The autumn-calving period is underway and ensuring that calves get off to the best start in life is vital to...
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Scour control on farms this autumn
For dairy farms that will be producing milk over the winter months a focus is now being placed on preventing...
Dairy Technical
Autumn calving: Don't forget the importance of colostrum
The importance of young calves receiving high-quality colostrum cannot be underestimated during the calving season. The autumn-calving season is underway...
Dairy Technical
Autumn calving: Management of freshly calved cows
The autumn-calving season is underway on dairy farms and the management of freshly calved cows during these first few weeks...
Dairy Technical
Autumn calving: Getting transition cow management right is vital
Getting the transition cow period right on farms is vital to cows having a successful calving period and subsequent lactation....