Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Selecting dry cow minerals
Depending on the planned start of calving or due dates of cows, dry cow minerals may already need to be...
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Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Grouping cows this winter
Grouping cows when housed this winter, will allow for better management and ensure that they are in the correct body...
Dairy Technical
Time to completed a BCS assessment of your cows
As many farmers are heading into the final couple of months of the lactation with 2023 spring-calving herds, now is...
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Dairy advice: First milk recording for 2023
Milk recording has become increasingly more important on Irish dairy farms, for a number of reasons. The increased importance is...
Dairy Technical
Implementing the use of SDCT on Irish dairy farms
Selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) is being used on many farms for the first time this year, following the introduction...
Dairy Technical
Dry period: Grouping cows to monitor BCS
One of the main reasons why cows are dried-off early is due to body condition scores (BCS) being too low....
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Drying off cows this autumn
The drying off of cows has begun on many farms, with almost all herds due to begin the process in...
Dairy Technical
Why do we have a dry period for cows?
Dairy cows, typically, undergo a dry period of 60 days prior to calving. A dry period is important for several...
Dairy Technical
Steps to follow for successfully drying off your cows
The drying off of spring-calving cows has begun on many farms, as they wind down ahead of the winter dry...
Dairy Technical
Time to assess your cow's BCS ahead of drying off
Cows have entered the final third of their lactation and although many cows will continue to milk into early December,...
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Good hygiene is critical throughout the dry period
With cows fully housed around the country and the majority of those dried off, one of the main focuses over...
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The importance of giving cows a sufficient dry period
At this stage, a proportion of cows in spring-calving dairy herds have been dried off or at least they should...
Dairy
Top tips for preventing new mastitis infections in spring 2020
As farmers begin drying off cows, on many spring-calving dairy farms, there are a few things that should be taken...
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Why is it important to give cows an adequate dry period?
Many spring-calving dairy farmers have – or should have – begun to dry-off cows; however, usually during this time of...
Dairy
15 steps to get the best results at drying off
“50% of all clinical mastitis cases, in the first 100 days of the next lactation, can be linked back to...
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'Correct drying off influences mastitis levels in the herd for the next 6-12 months'
Drying off is a key time for mastitis control on dairy farms, as it can influence the mastitis level in...
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End of year paddocks can be used for freshly dried-off cows - Teagasc
Paddocks that are at the end of the current grazing rotation can be kept for dry cows,” according to Teagasc...
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'Ignoring the dry period could reduce herd productivity in 2016'
To ignore, or significantly shorten, the dry period could have a detrimental effect on the productivity of the herd in...