Dairy
There is plenty of calves on the ground as autumn calving just about wraps up, but with pens filling the threat of calf scour grows.
With November slipping through our fingers we will not feel it until the breeding season begins, meaning good BCS should be a priority.
Despite a return to more challenging market conditions, autumn milk output continues to increase in Northern Ireland.
As winter milking is already a costly system, keeping the somatic cell count (SCC) down is crucial in order to avail of bonuses.
With the breeding season only a month away for autumn calving herds, farmers must be choosing bulls to suit their needs for next autumn.
Autumn calving is well under way, meaning we will not feel the time slip away before the breeding season begins.
With the autumn calving season well underway, farmers must keep a keen eye out for early signs of calf pneumonia
With autumn calving kicking off, farmers should be considering the best practices to put in place when trying to prevent scour in calves.
Beef
As the autumn calving is well and truly underway rumen, a focus on the rumen development of young calves is a crucial aspect to...
Metabolic issues arise again as the autumn calving season kick off with many calves already on the ground across the country...
The first step to a successful winter milk herd is ensuring that mineral and feed are at optimum levels to produce high quality milk and...
Cows are calving away in autumn calving herds health issues such as abomasal bloat, can increasingly become a problem...
With the evenings closing in, and autumn calving ready to start, how much light should cows be exposed to for quality milk production?
It is important for farmers to ensure that calves are receiving high quality colostrum and are receiving enough of it as soon as possible...
There are plenty of calves on the ground for the herds that are milking cows over the winter months, and calf scour can pose a serious...
The next couple of weeks are crucial in getting prepared for the arrival of calves for autumn calving herds and pneumonia prevention...
As the calving season is only around the corner or underway for many for autumn calving herds, the risk of milk fever and other metabolic...
Calving has arrived or only around the corner for a lot of autumn herds and the final few preparations need to be made to ensure calf health..
Autumn calving may already have kicked off on some farms, but preparation will now be well underway...
Many farmers have got out of winter milk/liquid milk production in the last number of years due to higher input costs and shortage...
Freshly calved autumn calving cows have a requirement for high levels of energy, protein and minerals in the diet, and it is important that...
The transition period management has got to be of a high standard, as many autumn calving herds will begin to start calving down...
A lot of autumn calving herds will begin calving around the middle of September or start of October and having everything ready in advance...
