Dairy
Farmers should consider analysing their milking routine to see if it needs improvement or adjustments ahead of spring calving.
OAD feeding can significantly help this process of weaning and it can also help considerably with the workload at this time of the year.
Once-a-day milking in early lactation can prove to be very successful in reducing the workload for farmers and staff during the busy spring...
Once-a-day feeding of milk replacer is a practice that can greatly reduce the labour required during the rearing period.
Farming in west Co. Cork, six miles outside Clonakilty, Declan and Louise White and their four children milk a herd of 250 cows once-a-day.
Farming in Tulsk, Co. Roscommon, the Payne family decided to convert from beef and sheep farming to dairying in 2011.
The Horse and Jockey Hotel in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, is the venue for the Teagasc 'Once a Day Milking' Conference on January 15.
