Beef
Rehydration important for scouring calves - AHI
Animal Health Ireland’s (AHI) latest bulletin is focused on the management of scour in young calves. AHI says that scour...
Calves
Beef
Why a lot more Friesian calves may go to Spain this year
The outlook for Irish dairy calf exports to Spain in 2015 is positive, according to Cecilia Ruiz, Madrid Office Manager...
Dairy
Why more and more farmers are choosing to vaccinate for scour
More and more farmers are vaccinating cows pre-calving against scour in calves according to Cork veterinary practitioner Pat Noonan. However,...
Beef
Cows have individual 'calls' for their calves, research finds
A team from The University of Nottingham and Queen Mary University of London, spent 10 months studying to the ways...
Dairy
How to make contract rearing work for you
Increasing numbers of dairy farmers are getting their young stock reared by another farmer under contract rearing arrangements. In some...
N.Ireland
Calf registrations up 11% in Northern Ireland
Beef-sired sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland were up 11% for October, while dairy-sired calf registrations are also up. In...
N.Ireland
Calf registrations up 11% in Northern Ireland
Beef-sired sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland were up 11% for October, while dairy-sired calf registrations are also up. In...
Beef
Farmers must remove PI animals by tomorrow
Applicants for the Beef Genomics Scheme and those looking for BVD compensation have until tomorrow to remove PI calves from there...