Dairy
Matching autumn-calving percentage to meet liquid milk contracts
The most suitable winter milk structure to fulfill liquid milk contracts is to have two compact calving blocks lasting between...
Calving Pattern
Beef
AgriLand vet: Why early scanning of suckler cows makes financial sense
By John McAloon, a veterinary practitioner, who works with Patrick Farrelly and Partners in Co. Meath. Having a cow that...
Dairy
Why lax calving patterns cost the average dairy farmer thousands
A spread out or lax calving pattern costs the average 100 cow dairy herd €27,000 a year, Teagasc’s Brendan Horan...