Dairy
Dairy Advice: Dealing with 'retained cleanings' this spring
Retained cleanings is also known as retained fetal membrane or retained placenta and occurs when the calf’s side of the...
Dairy Technical
Dairy
Should farmers put their trust back in protected urea?
There is no doubt that protected urea was in the spotlight in 2024 when growth rates on farms were well...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Dairy
Keep yearling heifers on target amid hectic spring schedule
Your yearling heifers have just completed their first winter and are coming up on one-year-old, which means that farmers may...
Beef
Table: What can dairy-beef farmers afford to pay for calves?
The uplift in factory beef prices seen in recent weeks is filtering down into the prices being paid by farmers...
Dairy
Spring grazing: Preparation to get cows out when conditions allow
For many farms, grazing is still some time away, especially after the rain and storm experienced last weekend, but farmers...
Dairy
Maximising your milk cheque this spring through low SCC
Any increase in somatic cell count (SCC) above 100,000 cells/ml is associated with a reduction in animal performance and will...
Dairy
How much nitrogen should you get out this spring?
Getting the timing right and getting the rate of application right for nitrogen (N) and slurry are key to growing...
Dairy
Heifer rearing should be seen as an investment, not a cost
Heifer rearing is often seen as a high cost enterprise but it should be seen as an investment rather than...
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RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
Dairy
Pneumonia in calves: What is it costing the farmer?
The calving season is underway which means that day by day, sheds will be filling up with calves and the...
Dairy
Reducing pressure & finishing the day reasonably early this spring
Reducing pressure and finishing up the day at a reasonable time during the spring can be tough, but as the...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Get a milk recording done early this spring
Milk recording is seen as one of the most important tasks to be carried out on any dairy farm, even...
Dairy
Tweaks to your calf shed that could improve calf health this spring
We are now only a matter of days away from the start of the calving season and any last minute...
Dairy
UK report: Antimicrobial reduction had no impact on milk production
Antimicrobial use on UK dairy farms has reduced by almost a fifth in the past five years but this has...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Managing NEB in freshly calved cows this spring
Negative energy balance (NEB) in freshly calved cows can be a concern as we are now only a matter of...
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Opti-Skim trumps calf milk replacer with newest edition
Auctus has now launched the newest edition to its calf milk replacer product range. There are now seven calf milk...
Dairy
Reminder: Zone A permitted to spread chemical fertiliser tomorrow
The spreading period for chemical fertiliser reopens tomorrow, (Monday, January 27) for farmers in ‘Zone A’ which means that plans...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Utilising more grass on our farms this spring
The first step to utilising more grass is of course to grow more grass which has proven to be very...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Mastitis risk increases as calving looms
We are only a matter of days away until calving starts, which means many cows are in their transition period...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Should we be feeding more milk to calves?
As we get closer to calving, preparation is in full swing and although farmers’ opinions differ in relation to the...