Dairy Technical
Managing NEB in autumn-calving cows
Negative energy balance (NEB) occurs in early lactation, when feed intakes are insufficient to meet the energy demands of milk...
Dairy Technical
Negative energy balance (NEB) occurs in early lactation, when feed intakes are insufficient to meet the energy demands of milk...
Dairy Technical
The autumn-calving season is well underway on winter-milking farms across the country. Calves are arriving onto on these farms, and...
Dairy Technical
A case of milk fever can have a detrimental effect on a cow and her production during the subsequent lactation....
Dairy Technical
The autumn-calving season is well underway on farms across the country, and with it comes many challenges. Scour is the...
Dairy Technical
Scour is the biggest killer of young calves on Irish dairy farms, with infections often picked up in their environment....
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Feeding calves high-quality colostrum is important to ensure they get maximum benefit from the antibodies present. Calves are born with...
Dairy Technical
On some farms the autumn-calving season has already started, but for most it is still a number of weeks away....
Dairy Technical
To ensure that calves get off to the best start this autumn-calving season, feeding them adequate colostrum is important. Colostrum...
Dairy Technical
The transition cow period can be defined as the period three weeks pre-calving and three weeks post-calving. During this period,...
Dairy Technical
The autumn-calving season will be getting underway on dairy farms across the country in the coming days and weeks. Calving...
Dairy Technical
The drying-off of autumn-calving cows has started on farms, with this being the beginning of the next lactation for cows....
Dairy Technical
The transition period on autumn-calving farms has now begun, during which proper dry cow management is very important. The management...
Dairy Technical
The autumn-calving season will be getting underway on many dairy farms in the coming days and weeks. With the calving...
Dairy Technical
A case of milk fever can have a detrimental effect on a cow, and her production during the subsequent lactation....
Dairy Technical
Preparation for drying off autumn-calving cows has started on many herds across the country. The drying-off process signals of the...
Dairy Technical
Autumn-calving cows are entering the final third of their lactation and will start being dried off in late-June or early...
Dairy Technical
In recent weeks at marts across the country there has been a strong calf trade for both Friesian and beef-sired...
Dairy Technical
Spring is just around the corner and now is a good time to begin the weaning of autumn-born calves, to...