Dairy News
Mileutis, an Israeli-based biopharmaceutical animal and human health company, has completed a rigorous, randomised, case-controlled, clinical field trial. The results...
Dairy Technical
The drying off of cows has begun on many farms, with almost all herds due to begin the process in...
Dairy Technical
Clipping tails involves removing excess hair from a cow’s tail. It is a practice done on most dairy farms in...
Dairy Technical
The dry period can be a high-risk time for cows picking up mastitis-causing infections, which often present early in the...
Dairy Technical
Ahead of drying off, it is important to determine the body condition score (BCS) of spring-calving cows. To ensure that...
Dairy Technical
Organise a milk recording ahead of drying off was the advice for farmers issued by Joris Somers, Tirlán’s veterinary advisor....
Dairy Technical
According to the latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) on milk recording 1,055,932 cows, from 9,031 herds,...
Dairy Technical
The California Mastitis Test (CMT) is a useful tool that can used alongside milk recording to identify cows with high cell...
Dairy Technical
The drying-off of autumn-calving cows has started on farms, with this being the beginning of the next lactation for cows....
Dairy Technical
Preparation for drying off autumn-calving cows has started on many herds across the country. The drying-off process signals of the...
Dairy Technical
The drying off of spring-calving cows has begun on many farms, as they wind down ahead of the winter dry...
Dairy Technical
Selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) has become increasingly more popular on Irish dairy farms as January’s 2022 changes loom. January...
Dairy Technical
The drying off of cows is just around the corner on many farms, with body condition score (BCS) being key...
Dairy Technical
As we head into mid-October there has been a further reduction in grass growth rates, with temperatures continuing to drop...
Dairy Technical
The next major event of a spring-calving cow’s lactation will be the drying off process, which for some cows may...
Dairy News
Recent trial work carried out by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has highlighted the benefits of selective dry cow...
Dairy Technical
Autumn-calving cows are approaching the end of their lactations and are now at the point where farmers may be considering...
Dairy
With spring-calving herds starting to dry off some of the milking herd already, it won’t be long until the milking...
