Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Organising the final milk recording
Ahead of drying-off taking place on farms you should be booking or planning in your final milk recording for the...
Dairy Technical
Ahead of drying-off taking place on farms you should be booking or planning in your final milk recording for the...
Dairy Technical
The focus for dairy farmers over the next couple of months should be on preparing for drying off spring-calving cows....
Dairy Technical
Maintaining cell counts and milk quality on dairy farms needs to be a focus heading into the autumn months. Most...
Dairy Technical
The lactation for autumn-calving cows is approaching its conclusion, with the drying-off of cows due to start in the coming...
Dairy Technical
It is now time to start looking at the body condition score (BCS) of autumn-calving cows. Many autumn-calving herds will...
Dairy Technical
Milk recording has a vital role to play on dairy farms, with the information obtained being invaluable to dairy farmers....
Dairy Technical
Selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) is being used on many farms for the first time this year, following the introduction...
Dairy Technical
There appears to be a large number of farmers using, or considering the use of external teat sealant on their...
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
One of the next major tasks on Irish dairy farms is drying-off cows. Traditionally, antibiotics play a large part around...
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
Dairy cows, typically, undergo a dry period of 60 days prior to calving. A dry period is important for several...
Dairy Technical
Selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) has become increasingly more popular on Irish dairy farms as January’s 2022 changes loom. January...