Dairy
Autumn calving: Storing and reheating colostrum for calves
Autumn calving is well and truly underway and it is important that farmers are making sure that their calves are...
Dairy
Autumn calving is well and truly underway and it is important that farmers are making sure that their calves are...
Dairy
Autumn calving is well underway for many autumn calving herds. Not only should you ensure that calves get the best...
N.Ireland
As we get closer to the start of calving for the autumn calving herds, farmers need to ensure that calves...
N.Ireland
Securing optimal levels of winter milk performance in autumn calving cows requires a number of key management priorities to be...
Dairy
Monitoring of body condition score (BCS) in winter milk cows is important at this stage of lactation, to ensure excess...
N.Ireland
Milk fever is unfortunately an issue that will likely have to be dealt with on farms calving cows this autumn....
Dairy
Having good feed efficiency within winter milk systems is vital for a margin to be achieved on milk produced during...
Dairy
Calving is underway on autumn-calving or winter milk herds and as a consequence, there will be issues with calf health...
N.Ireland
The autumn-calving season will be getting underway on many dairy farms in the coming days and weeks. With the calving...
Dairy
Spring is just around the corner and now is a good time to begin the weaning of autumn-born calves, to...
Dairy
Autumn-calving cows are now in the period between calving and breeding, so good management of them at this time of...
N.Ireland
Stomach tubing is the most effective way of ensuring a calf receives adequate and high quality colostrum shortly after birth....
Dairy
Summer has come to an end, we have now entered September and autumn has begun. Now is a good time...
Dairy
The autumn-calving season is due to kick off on dairy farms in the coming days and weeks, as farmers gear...
Dairy
Autumn-calving cows are approaching the end of their lactations and are now at the point where farmers may be considering...
Dairy
While spring-calving herds are mid-way through their milk production season, most autumn-calving herds are approaching the end of theirs. Cows...
Beef
With 20% of Irish suckler farms calving in autumn, these farmers should be preparing for new calves to arrive from...