Dairy
Designing a lameness control plan for 2026
With 2025 drawing to a close, it’s time to put a lameness control plan in place for 2026 that will...
Locomotion scoring
Dairy
Locomotion scoring cows to keep milk production up this summer
Lameness is a huge problem on Irish dairy farms and can seriously impact on costs and profits, and so identifying...
Dairy
Roadways and surfaces need to be maintained ahead of breeding
Lameness poses serious threat to cow’s health and welfare and, as we move into May, roadways and surfaces need to...
Dairy
Mitigating the risk of heifer lameness this spring
The majority of heifers will already have calved down this spring and it is of prime importance that lameness is...
N.Ireland
Controlling lameness issues before the autumn closes in
While some farmers are focusing on securing a third cut of silage and getting fertiliser out, lameness control needs to...