Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Moving calves to OAD feeding
Calves on many farms are now old enough to transition to once-a-day (OAD) feeding, which can reduce the workload considerably...
Dairy Advice
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Managing autumn-born calves
Getting the management of calves right this autumn is vital for their development and to ensure that growth targets are...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Keep an eye of signs of lungworm
The wet weather conditions experienced in most parts of the country for most of year mean that the lungworm burden...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Dealing with coccidiosis in calves
Coccidiosis is generally seen in calves between the ages of three weeks and nine months; clinical signs are diarrhoea or...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Final jobs ahead of calving
While some farms have started calving, a large number are just over a week away from the planned start of...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Management of in-calf heifers
Most farms have now housed the majority, if not all of their animals, including their maiden and in-calf heifers. In-calf...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Housing yearling dairy heifers
The housing of livestock has begun on many farms, with many more just days away from housing their cows and...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: To-do list for September
The autumn is a busy period on dairy farms: Autumn-calving herds are preparing for calving and spring-calving herds are preparing...