Dairy
Lameness: Maximising lying time with good cubicles
We are approaching the winter housing period, so farmers must be mindful of keeping lameness to a minimum through good...
Cubicles
Dairy
The importance of good hygiene as cows come in for housing
We are now entering the final few weeks of the grazing season, and hygiene must be front and centre as...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Preparing sheds, scrapers and cubicles for winter
During the month of September, it can be easy to get caught up in other jobs that may seem like...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Feed space and cubicle beds standards
Ensuring that there is adequate feed space and cubicles is going to be vital over the next few weeks on...
Opinion
Opinion: The Christmas present I wanted but never received
I am sure that we have all longed for a certain Christmas present that never materialised. Here’s my story. I...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Preventing heifer mastitis
Your in-calf heifers are just a over a month away from calving, but they are now in a high risk...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Lime during housed period
Hydrated lime has an important role to play on dairy farms over the winter months in the prevention of mastitis...
Dairy Technical
Getting your sheds ready for housing this winter
It is now time to start looking at the sheds that will be used for housing livestock over the winter...
Dairy Technical
Issues with excessively dirty cubicles
The vast majority of dairy cows, both dry and milking, will spend the winter months housed on cubicles in sheds....
Dairy Technical
The importance of using lime this housed period
The housed period for many farms has begun, while others are continuing to get cows out to grass for short...
Dairy Technical
Mastitis prevention during the housed period
The dry period can be a high-risk time for cows picking up mastitis-causing infections, which often present early in the...
Dairy Technical
Some jobs to complete ahead of housing on farms
The end of August is in sight, which means that we are now moving into autumn and the build-up to...
Property
'148ac top class dairy farm' for sale in Co. Limerick
Hailed by the selling agents as a “top class dairy farm” this property at Breska, Clarina, Co. Limerick, comprises 148ac...
Dairy Technical
Controlling heifer mastitis during the housed period
Heifer mastitis can be an issue on some farms, with heifers calving down with mastitis or a case developing early...
Dairy Technical
Are your brisket boards correctly positioned?
A brisket board or pipe is a useful way to control the position of a cow on cubicles, thus reducing...