Dairy
Significance of high quality calf nutrition highlighted during webinar
Supplying high quality calf nutrition is an essential part of the ‘optimal environment’ required to maximise performance levels for calves...
Volac
Dairy
Advice: Choose wholecrop harvest date based on farm needs
Dairy farmers making wholecrop silage from winter or spring cereals should choose the crop’s harvest date and percentage dry matter...
Dairy
Farmers should 'look behind the label' when choosing milk replacer
The upcoming dairy calf rearing webinar will give great insights and will provide an informative discussion on the latest calf...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods signs agreement with Volac Whey Nutrition
Arla Foods Ingredients has signed an agreement to acquire the Whey Nutrition division of Volac’s business through a purchase of...
Dairy Technical
Supplementation key to overcoming negative energy balance
A challenged faced by all dairy cows after calving is negative energy balance (NEB), where energy demands are not being...
Agri-Business
Dutch group Denkavit aquires the Volac milk replacer business
The Dutch Denkavit Group, which specialises in producing feed for young animals, has agreed to acquire Volac’s milk replacer business....
Dairy News
Dairy beef farms added to AHI CalfCare events for 2024
A series of 18 on-farm CalfCare events for farmers will take place nationwide throughout the month of January. The CalfCare...
Agri-Business
Dairy nutrition company Volac to close Kells facility
The dairy nutrition company Volac is to close its purpose-built finishing and packing facility near Kells, Co. Meath. The company,...
Agri-Business
Volac appoints new nutritional sales development manager
Volac has announced the appointment a new nutritional sales development manager for Northern Ireland. Eimear Diamond, a native of Bellaghy,...
Agri-Business
Volac launches new feed additives division
The dairy nutrition company Volac has today (Wednesday, March 15) announced the launch of its new feed additives division. The...
Dairy News
Training webinar to focus on rearing better heifers
A training webinar focusing on improved rearing of heifers will take place on Thursday, February 3. In the 60-minute lunchtime...
Dairy Technical
Maximising calf performance pre-weaning
On a recent Volac ‘Feeding For Future’ webinar, Dr. Jessica Cooke spoke about maximising calf performance by increasing milk intakes...
Dairy News
Educational webinar planned on rearing calves more productively
An educational webinar for dairy farmers who are interested in rearing calves more productively will take place next week (Thursday,...
Agri-Business
Volac announces acquisition of Micron Bio Systems
The dairy nutrition company Volac has announced its acquisition of Micron Bio Systems, the UK based bio-science solutions business. Micron...
N.Ireland
Silage trials show quicker is better when it comes to wilting
Cutting grass earlier in the day could help speed up wilting – even in overcast conditions – according to in-house...
Dairy
Are you feeding calves enough milk to obtain maximum growth rates?
During a recent Volac webinar on the dairy heifer – from conception to weaning – it was outlined the importance...
Dairy
Just because it's late in the year doesn't mean it's too late to save silage
Even though the silage season is wrapped up on the majority of farms across the country, the odd few farms...
Dairy
US study shows benefits of feeding fatty acids yield to early lactation cows
New research from Michigan State University, US, demonstrates significant improvements in cow productivity with specific fatty acid supplementation through early...