Dairy
OAD feeding can significantly help this process of weaning and it can also help considerably with the workload at this time of the year.
Reducing pressure and finishing up the day at a reasonable time during the spring can be tough, but as the calving season approaches,..
Before the year is out and before the spring calving gets underway next year, farmers should take time to review their standard operating...
Dairy Technical
Christmas day for a farmer still requires the wellies to be put and for jobs to be completed - to ensure that livestock is properly
Once-a-day (OAD) milking in early lactation can be an extremely effective way of reducing the workload on farms in early lactation.
On dairy farms and drystock farms for that matter, Christmas day unfortunately does not mean that the work stops for the day.
Robert Troy is dairy farming in Newtown, Co. Cork and at Thursday's Positive Farmers Conference he identified a number of ways farmers can simplify their workload.