Dairy Technical
Have you assessed your cow's BCS yet?
The drying off of cows is just around the corner on many farms, with body condition score (BCS) being key...
BCS
Dairy Technical
Monitoring negative energy balance in cows
Up to two weeks before calving, dairy cows enter a negative energy balance (NEB), which can lead to the development...
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How to avoid costly calf registration errors
Are you wondering how you can avoid costly calf registration errors and Bord Bia penalties? As the busy spring season...
Dairy Technical
Body condition scoring in autumn-calving cows
While spring-calving herds are mid-way through their milk production season, most autumn-calving herds are approaching the end of theirs. Cows...
Dairy
Thoughts now turn to dairy breeding season
As the calving season begins to quieten down on many farms across the country, focus now turns to getting prepared...
Dairy
Boost your herd’s fertility this breeding season
Achieving higher conception rates this breeding season, can be helped through close monitoring of your herd’s body condition score (BCS)....
Sheep
BCS of ewes at lambing: What should I be targeting?
Farmers should be targeting a ewe body condition score (BCS) of between 3.2 and 3.5 at lambing time, according to...
Sheep
Maintaining ewe BCS in early lactation is critical
The recent dry weather has enabled farmers to get their ewes and lambs out to pasture, as well as getting...