Dairy
Completing two milk recordings in autumn is the aim and is not always possible and so at least one milk recording should be carried out to...
A plan for moving cull cows off the farm in order to build farm cover this autumn and drive performance for the rest of the herd needs...
If your somatic cell count (SCC) is beginning to creep up at this time of the year, it should not be ignored, as it is more than likely....
As we are now at the end of July, the latter end of the grazing season is approaching and moving on cull cows in the herd should be...
Many herds will be in the latter end of the calving season with only a few to calve, and high cell count cows need to be identified...
Beef
While all types of cattle are fetching record average prices at marts and factories currently, the heavy cow price increases are significant.
During Tuesday’s (February 4) sale at Athenry Mart, Co. Galway, almost 90 cows graced the sales...
As we get into the latter end of the lactation, it is time to look at moving on cull cows as grass becomes tighter on farms and the housing..
Winter feed supply may look scarce on many farms as grass growth has been far from good throughout the summer months due to the lower than...
As we all know, 2024 hasn't been the easiest year in terms of fodder supply and grass growth but there are certain actions that you can...
Moving into the latter end of the grazing season in the autumn months, farmers often think its worth keeping on the poor performing cull cows
The Irish factory cattle supply has increased by 9,500 head to date this year, according to figures from DAFM.
Dairy Technical
For the most part, dairy cows are now housed as weather conditions have made land too wet to graze, so now is the time to move on cull cows.
Despite the weather conditions in recent weeks, grass growth rates have continued to be quite...
The weather condition over the last few weeks are now really impacting on farms and it may now be time to move cull cows on.
As we enter into the autumn months, for many dairy farms, it is time to move on cull cows from the herd and reduce stocking-rate pressure.
The culling of cows from a herd is important to ensure that the herd continues to improve and poorer performing animals are removed.
As we move into the autumn months it is a good time for dairy farmers to starting moving on marginal or cull cows for the year.
As cows enter into the final stages of lactation it is time to start looking at moving on problem cows within the herd.
The time of year has arrived once again where farmers must ask themselves what they should do with their cull cows.
In recent weeks, it's not unusual to hear prices cross the €3,000 mark dor cull cows in the dry-cow ring at livestock marts country wide.
If a farmer said 12 months ago that beef factories would be paying €4.00/kg for better-type cull cows in January 2022, it would likely have...
This week saw a decline in the numbers entered at Ballyjamesduff Mart’s weekly calf sale, which took place on Wednesday (November 17).
