Dairy Technical
Monitoring parasite burdens in calves
Ensuring that calves have little or no setbacks during the first grazing season is important, in order to keep them...
Calf Rearing
Dairy Technical
Coccidiosis in calves: What to look out for
Coccidiosis in calves is caused by the same organisms that cause cryptosporidiosis. Where cryptosporidiosis is often seen in younger calves...
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Dairy
Pneumonia in calves: What to look for
Pneumonia in calves causes inflammation and damage to the lung tissue and airways, which ultimately compromises lung function. Pneumonia and...
Dairy Technical
Why feeding transition milk to calves is important
Transition milk, the milk following colostrum and between milkings two and eight, has many benefits when fed to calves. Although...
Dairy Technical
Lessons from the pandemic that apply to calf rearing
The Covid-19 pandemic has been ongoing for almost two years and many of the lessons learned from it can be...
Dairy Technical
The importance of having a high-quality calf ration
The importance of a high-quality calf ration should not be an underestimated part of any calf-rearing enterprise on farms. A...
Dairy Technical
Ensuring calves get adequate colostrum
Colostrum is a source of maternal antibodies, which aid the calf when fighting off disease or sickness in early life....
Dairy Technical
Pain management of calves and cows in 2022
Pain management in calves was discussed at the recent online CalfCare event run by Animal Health Ireland (AHI) in conjunction...
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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 Technical
CalfCare webinar: Preventing bloat in young calves
Bloat in young calves was one of the topics discussed at this week’s online CalfCare event run by Animal Health...
Dairy Technical
Calf jackets: Should you invest in some?
The use of calf jackets has become increasingly more popular on Irish farms, but are they a worthwhile investment? Calf...
Dairy Technical
Milk replacer: How much can you expect to pay?
Milk replacer is an important part of the calf rearing process on many farms, as it has many nutritional and...
Dairy Technical
Milk replacer hike for spring as prices increase
On many farms, milk replacer is a key part of a successful youngstock rearing programme – but will farmers be...
Dairy Technical
Maximising calf performance pre-weaning
On a recent Volac ‘Feeding For Future’ webinar, Dr. Jessica Cooke spoke about maximising calf performance by increasing milk intakes...
Dairy
How well do you really clean your calf-rearing units?
According to Scotland-based research scientist, Jamie Robertson, much more can be done to improve the cleanliness and hygiene standards of...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Dairy Technical
Summer scour: A 'product of our success'
During the recent XLVets webinar ‘Getting the Most out of the Second Half of the Breeding Season’ Kevin O’Sullivan, a...
Dairy Technical
How good are your calf rearing practices?
Ongoing Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) research is highlighting the opportunity for calf rearing practices within Northern Ireland’s dairy sector...
Green Acres
Virtual Farm Walk: Review of calf price this spring and calf rearing tips
In the fourth section of this calf-to-beef virtual farm walk today (Thursday, May 13) on the farm of Teagasc Green Acres...
CAP / Schemes
European Commission gives green light to €45 million beef schemes
The European Commission has given the green light for the two schemes worth €45 million announced earlier this week by...