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Winter milk: How much concentrates are you feeding?
It is easy to get carried away feeding concentrates for your winter milk herd, however the diet should be adjusted...
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Winter milk: Controlling SCC in the early stages of lactation
Controlling your somatic cell count (SCC) is not always easy during the early lactation of your winter milking herds, particularly...
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Winter milk: What does the freshly calved cow need to be fed?
Your winter milk herd would have started to calve down from the start of October, and now that we are...
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Winter milk: Feeding and grouping cows accordingly
We are now into the thick of autumn calving for the winter milk herds and as we progress further into...
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Testing silage: Getting the most out of your winter milk contract
Testing silage now is crucial, as many cows around the country are going to be milking through the winter months,...
Dairy
Time to test your silage for your winter milking herd
Winter milk production is already an expensive way of producing milk, which means it is crucial that farmers test silage,...
Dairy
Maximising winter milk performance in autumn calving cows
Securing optimal levels of winter milk performance in autumn calving cows requires a number of key management priorities to be...
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Time to start selecting bulls for your autumn calving herd
As we get closer to the start of the autumn calving season, it is important to have a think about...
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Autumn-calving: Selecting dairy and beef sires
Autumn-calving herds will be starting the breeding of cows in just a few weeks, so it is important that you...
Dairy Technical
Planning for breeding in autumn-calving herds
For herds that are calving cows in autumn, some thought now needs to be placed on the breeding of cows...
Dairy Technical
Keep a close eye on BCS of autumn-calving cows
Monitoring of body condition score (BCS) in winter milk cows is important at this stage of lactation, to ensure excess...
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Liquid milk producers will be 'wiped out' without higher premiums
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that an additional premium is needed for liquid milk producers in order to...
Dairy News
Future-proofing of winter milk to be major focus at Johnstown event
The Teagasc national winter milk open day will take place at Teagasc Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, next Wednesday (September 6)....
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Winter milk: Have you calibrated your feeders yet?
At the recent winter milk events held by Teagasc it was said that the cost of feeding a winter milk...
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Assess BCS of autumn calvers ahead of the breeding season
Breeding in most autumn-calving dairy herds will begin in early January and before this takes place, farmers should assess the...
Dairy Technical
€748 predicted cost/cow increase for winter milk - Teagasc
The cost of producing winter milk this year is set to increase significantly, according to Teagasc predictions. This week, a...
Dairy News
Teagasc winter milk events to take place next week
This year’s Teagasc National Winter Milk Week will take place from Monday, November 21 to Friday, November 25, with a...
Dairy News
Fears of exodus from winter milk production as costs escalate
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed that there will likely be an exodus of suppliers from winter milk production...