Weighing up stocks
It’s vitally important that the next generation of milking cows don’t fall between two stools in the quieter part of the year. Now that breeding...
Maintaining calf performance at grass
Pre-weaning the overall aim was to have doubled our calves birth weight at the point of weaning, and to be ~100 kg at 11-12 weeks before being...
Summer Management
After a tumultuous start to the grazing season, the focus regarding nutrition at this point in the year should be simply centred around always...
2024’s wet start has refocused the mind
After an incredibly wet spring, with grazing being more off than on during March, the significance of having a reserve of available, high quality...
Selecting a calf milk replacer
The management of calves in the first few weeks of life has a significant impact on their lifetime production, and with replacement heifers, impact...
Metabolic Disorders: Why Prevention Beats Cure
Prevention of metabolic disorders next spring will hinge around management decisions that will be made in the coming weeks. When costs associated...
4 steps to producing high-quality silage
If poor grazing conditions highlighted anything this spring, it was that silage quality will dictate animal performance when grass in the diet is...
Win 1 of 3 Family Tickets for the Balmoral Show 2023
Terms and conditions: Competition is being run across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook with 3 winners being drawn from all entries. Winners are...
Metabolic Disorders: Think Prevention > Cure
Prevention of metabolic disorders next spring will hinge around management decisions that will be made over the next number of weeks. When costs...
Winter Feed Planning
Over the last number of weeks, growth has slowed significantly in many areas due to soil moisture deficits. This has resulted in many of us...
Optimate leads to improved herd fertility results in Co. Cork
“Overall, we were very happy with herd fertility. We used sexed semen across the board with our replacement heifers, where we achieved 60%...
Top tips to avoid a stressful weaning process
Most spring-calving suckler herds will be aiming to sell calves at weanling sales over the coming months. However, to have a healthy animal with...