Dairy
The quality of feeding in the dry period and early lactation is important in achieving good herd fertility.
Milk price in 2020 remained somewhat stable after an initial drop when the first lockdown was announced, due to Covid-19.
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, it causes the swelling of the cow’s udder tissue and mammary glands.
Robotic milking is an increasing trend on Irish dairy farms with over 1,000 milking robots milking in the south of Ireland at present.
