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Are you considering OAD feeding for your calves?
Once-a-day (OAD) feeding for calves can greatly reduce the labour required during the rearing period on farms. In fact, research...
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Reasons for operating a OAD milking system
Once-a-day (OAD) milking continues to grow in popularity on Irish dairy farmers. Brian Hilliard, a OAD dairy advisor with Teagasc...
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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...
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Short-term OAD milking 'an option on all farms at early lactation'
Short-term once a day (OAD) milking “is an option on all farms at early lactation”, according to Teagasc senior research...
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Interest in OAD milking grows - but advance planning is essential
Interest in the practice of once a day (OAD) milking continues to grow, according to Teagasc, which held a conference...
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'OAD means we spend 33% less time milking - yet we get similar returns'
Tragic circumstances were behind the decision by a Waterford family to opt for once-a-day (OAD) milking, but it has proven to...