Dairy
The most suitable winter milk structure to fulfil liquid milk contracts is two compact calving blocks lasting between 10 and 12 weeks.
Beef
Here John Mcaloon, a veterinary practitioner, takes a look at the benefits of early scanning on suckler farms.
A spread out or lax calving pattern costs the average 100 cow dairy herd €27,000 a year, Teagasc's Brendan Horan has said.
