N.Ireland
Northern Irish farmers have been advised to assess mineral levels this spring after the wettest start to a year in over a century.
Dairy
The risk of metabolic issues such as milk fever (hypocalcemia) will be increasing on the farm as cows continue to calve down.
Now that we are in the new year, the transition period for your cows will need to be managed before cows begin calving down.
Metabolic issues arise again as the autumn calving season kick off with many calves already on the ground across the country...
We are a the stage now where the first of the autumn calving cows will be dried off in the coming days and that dry cow management and...
Now that we are into 2025 and the Christmas period is beyond us, farmers will be thinking about the upcoming spring calving season...
Mineral supplementation is a crucial aspect of the dry cow period to help with body condition score (BCS), calving down and the overall...