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Now we have entered the autumn months, a balance has to be struck between driving milk performance...
At this stage of the lactation, maintaining a strict milking routine is critical in order to...
Based on Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) milk recording data, herds across the country seem...
Heading towards the latter end of July, for the autumn calving cows this indicates the final stages...
Larger herds can be at higher risk from residual infection, as infected animals can be harder to...
With labour becoming harder to source, more farmers are turning to smart farming technologies to...
As we are at the start of July, it could be a good time to carry out an analysis of your...
The focus at this time of the year is quite often keeping quality grass ahead of cows to drive on...
As farms quieten down between the first and second cut of silage, you should be looking into...
The uptake of milk recording among farmers seems to be growing every year as it leads to better...
Most cows will be served by now and a lot of first cuts of silage will be in, meaning that the pit...
We are now approaching the mid-lactation and things will begin to ease off as less cows are getting...
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Many herds will be in the latter end of the calving season with only a few to calve, and high cell...
We are now coming towards the end of the calving season, which means the milking routine can become...
Many herds will be over halfway through calving at this point in the year, and as the madness...
Coming towards the end of February and nearly a month into calving, farmers should begin thinking...
As calving season progresses, cows are more susceptible to picking up infections like mastitis....
Having a quality milking routine is critically important for the early stages of a cow's lactation,...
Any increase in somatic cell count (SCC) above 100,000 cells/ml is associated with a reduction in...
Milk recording is seen as one of the most important tasks to be carried out on any dairy farm, even...
Once-a-day milking in early lactation can prove to be very successful in reducing the workload for...
As cows will be calving thick and fast in the coming weeks, carrying out a California mastitis test...
Now that cows are dried off for the spring calving herds and calving is only around the corner, the...
The year is almost behind us, and before the spring calving season gets underway, farmers should...