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As autumn approaches, Irish dairy farmers enter one of the most critical periods of the production...
Rural Life
The 2023 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) opened to the public today...
Dairy Technical
The spring-calving season will soon be upon us, so now is a good time to assess your calf-feeding...
The breeding season on most spring-calving herds has drawn to a close and most farms are now...
Dairy
If carried out correctly, once-a-day (OAD) feeding of milk replacer is a practice that can greatly...
During a recent Volac webinar on the dairy heifer - from conception to weaning - it was outlined...
Pregnancy diagnosis is a vital part of managing fertility and productivity in dairy herds. One...
The country is in the middle of a cold spell. Temperatures have fallen and winter showers along...
On some farms, waste milk is fed to calves as an alternative to feeding milk replacer or milk from...
The calving season will soon be starting and with that comes the feeding of calves. A well-fed calf...
Beef
Just over a quarter of the approved applicants have made claims for payment under the Calf...
Dairy farmers were urged not to feed antibiotic milk, or ‘waste milk’, to calves during the...
Calf feeding is usually the most labour intensive job during the spring-calving season with the...
With labour becoming harder to source, more farmers are turning to smart farming technologies to...
Many dairy farmers are beginning to rack their brains for ways in which they are going to reduce...
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Prior to the end of quotas, less than 50% of the most-efficient farmers were feeding calves once a...
Colostrum, also known as beestings, is the first and most important line of defence for a newborn...
Since the abolition of milk quotas, the Irish dairy herd has undergone considerable changes;...
The mayhem associated with calving a large number of cows over a short period of time is fast...
