Dairy
Autumn calving: Body condition score cows ahead of drying off
With drying off for autumn calving herds set to take place in the next couple of weeks, the body condition...
Autumn-Calving
Dairy
Autumn calving: Getting cows in good condition for breeding
We are now into the middle of November, which means that the start of the breeding season for the autumn...
Dairy
Autumn calving: Achieving 100 SCC in the first 100 days
As we are now into the thick of autumn calving, it’s important to be considerate of keeping your somatic cell...
Dairy
Autumn calving: Storing and reheating colostrum for calves
Autumn calving is well and truly underway and it is important that farmers are making sure that their calves are...
Dairy
Autumn calving: Looking after the freshly calved cow
Autumn calving is well underway for many autumn calving herds. Not only should you ensure that calves get the best...
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Autumn calving: Giving calves the best possible start
As we get closer to the start of calving for the autumn calving herds, farmers need to ensure that calves...
N.Ireland
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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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...
N.Ireland
Autumn-calving: Dealing with milk fever cases
Milk fever is unfortunately an issue that will likely have to be dealt with on farms calving cows this autumn....
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Winter milk: Grouping cows for greater feed efficiency
Having good feed efficiency within winter milk systems is vital for a margin to be achieved on milk produced during...
Dairy
Autumn-calving: Dealing with scour in calves
Calving is underway on autumn-calving or winter milk herds and as a consequence, there will be issues with calf health...
N.Ireland
Autumn-calving: Getting ready for calves
The autumn-calving season will be getting underway on many dairy farms in the coming days and weeks. With the calving...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Weaning autumn-born calves
Spring is just around the corner and now is a good time to begin the weaning of autumn-born calves, to...
Dairy
Autumn calving: Managing freshly calved cows
Autumn-calving cows are now in the period between calving and breeding, so good management of them at this time of...
N.Ireland
Autumn-calving: Best practice for stomach tubing
Stomach tubing is the most effective way of ensuring a calf receives adequate and high quality colostrum shortly after birth....
Dairy
September’s to do list: Selecting sires, fodder budget and grass
Summer has come to an end, we have now entered September and autumn has begun. Now is a good time...
Dairy
Autumn-calving: Preparing for calves on your farm
The autumn-calving season is due to kick off on dairy farms in the coming days and weeks, as farmers gear...
Dairy
Time to start thinking about drying off autumn-calving cows
Autumn-calving cows are approaching the end of their lactations and are now at the point where farmers may be considering...
