Dairy
Farmers will be preparing to dry-off underconditioned cows over the next two weeks considering February is only 11 short weeks away.
A lot of farmers may be wondering is it worth considering the move to to once-a-day milking for some time before drying off the herd.
Many farmers may see SCC rising in the back end of the year due to an increase in the number of infected quarters
As the days get shorter, we will experience a drop in grass growth and dry matter (DM), resulting in lowered yields.
Over the coming weeks, farmers will using milk recording data to decided which cows to need to be dried off first.
Preparations are now under way as most dairy farmers prepare to dry-off the spring calving herd over the coming month to six weeks.
Somatic cell count (SCC) can often start to rise in the few months of the lactation due to harsher weather, difficult grazing conditions...
Litres will begin to ease up, but cows will be producing high protein and fat percentage quality milk in the final months of the lactation
A milk recording at this of the year is hugely beneficial to pinpoint the best and worst performers on the farm as we have reached that...
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....
There is still a long way to go in terms of production this lactation, which means the milking machine should be checked and serviced...
We've now entered into the autumn months which means there has to be a balance struck between driving milk performance and building...
Maintaining a strict milking routine at this stage of the lactation is critical in order to produce high-quality milk, and crucial from a...
Based on Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) milk recording data, herds across the country seem to be holding a strong mid-season...
Heading towards the latter end of July, for the autumn calving cows this indicates the final stages of the lactation and drying off...
Moorepark '25 saw an influx of people exploring the information villages, one of which was themed One Health, One Welfare.
As we enter into the month of July, it might be no harm to start analysing your autumn calving herd's performance throughout the year to...
The focus at this time of the year is keeping quality grass ahead of cows to drive on solids production, but a small thing like teat spraying
As farms quiten down between first and second cut of silage, you should be looking into servicing your milking machine and bulk tank
The uptake of farmers milk recording seems to be growing every year as it simply lead to better breeding and culling decisions, increase gross
Most cows will be served by now and a lot of first cuts of silage will be in, meaning that the pit of the parlour is going to be where most...
We are now approaching the mid lactation and things will begin to die off as less cows are getting served and so cell counts and problem...
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...
