Dairy
The start of February has been cold, but relatively dry, allowing many farmers to get cows out for grazing this...
Fertiliser spreader calibration has become a hot topic in recent months as many farmers have experienced issues with spreading protected...
The majority of the herd will now have calves on the ground as we get further into February which means...
Retained cleanings is also known as retained fetal membrane or retained placenta and occurs when the calf’s side of the...
Heifer rearing is often seen as a high cost enterprise but it should be seen as an investment rather than...
N.Ireland
The cold spell in the past few weeks has acted as a reminder that now is a good time to...
The calving season is only a matter of weeks away and the risk of milk fever (hypocalcemia) and other metabolic...
January is an important time to assess remaining winter feed stocks, and particularly following the year we had, which proved...
It can be argued that lameness is one of the main animal health and welfare issues on dairy farms, so...
As cows will be calving thick and fast in the coming weeks, carrying out a Californian milk test (CMT) will...
Now that we have entered 2025 and the Christmas period is beyond us, farmers will be thinking about the upcoming...
The year is almost behind us, and before the spring calving season gets underway, farmers should develop a herd health...
As the Christmas period continues on, it is important to be critiquing your dry cow management and ensuring cows are...
Agriland visited the cellars of the Fort Saint-Antoine, Fromageries Marcel Petite where 100,000 wheels of Comté cheese are stored and...
As the Christmas period begins, Agriland has decided to revisit some of the most popular and interesting Dairy Focus articles from 2024,...
We are nearing the end of December, meaning it won’t be long until the calving season kicks off all over...
There is no doubt that 2024 proved to be a challenging year for farmers, and so farmers should be analysing...
Familiarising heifers with the milking facilities and getting them parlour trained is the final piece of the puzzle for getting...
