Dairy
Ahead of the winter breeding season, Agriland caught up with Teagasc dairy specialist, James Dunne, to hear his top tips for breeding.
Agri-Business
Agriland visited Teagasc's Johnstown castle farm to speak with farm manager, Aiden Lawless, to see how the winter milking herd is performing.
With the majority of calves now on the ground for winter milking herds, calibrating the feeders in the parlour should be a priority.
Video
Ahead of the winter breeding season, Agriland caught up with Teagasc dairy specialist, James Dunne,...
Agriland visited Teagasc's Johnstown Castle farm to speak with farm manager, Aiden Lawless, to...
In episode two of 'The Dairy Trail' which aired earlier this week, Co. Wicklow farmer John Wynne spoke about his winter milking herd.
After the heavy rain this weekend, farmers are being reminded to spread any remaining dairy washings before the restricted period kicks in.
Ensuring the winter milking herd is now cycling is an important step as the winter breeding season will not be long rolling around.
The third season of 'The Dairy Trail' limited podcast series is set to return, focusing on late lactation and drying-off the herd.
Autumn calving is well under way, meaning we will not feel the time slip away before the breeding season begins.
As the final rotation wraps up and milk prices continue to plumet, marts and factories may see an influx of cull cows.
Farmers must keep an eye out for milk fever (hypocalcemia), as the calving season is well and truly under way for the autumn calving herd.
As we are well and truly in the midst of autumn calving, farmers must be considering diets and feed groups coming into the housing period.
As we near the end of the final rotation, you should be testing silage to ensure the winter milking herd are maximising production.
Winter milking seems to be on the rise again, with over 8% of Irish dairy farmers currently in the midst of calving.
The first step to a successful winter milk herd is ensuring that mineral and feed are at optimum levels to produce high quality milk and...
Dairy Focus
The Eivers family in Co. Meath are increasing their winter milk margins through optimum winter diets and selective breeding.
Many farmers have got out of winter milk/liquid milk production in the last number of years due to higher input costs and shortage...
Freshly calved autumn calving cows have a requirement for high levels of energy, protein and minerals in the diet, and it is important that...
It is easy to get carried away feeding concentrates for your winter milk herd, however the diet should be adjusted based on the quality of...
It is not always the easiest to control your somatic cell count (SCC) in the early lactation of your winter milking herds, particularly...
Your winter milk herd would have started to calve down from the start of October and now that we are about six weeks into calving, the...
We are now into the thick of autumn calving for the winter milk herds and as we get further into the year, it is vital that the freshly...
