Focus Shifts To Winter Housing
After a relatively positive back end to the grazing season, the recent inclement weather has turned our attention to the winter housing period....
Selecting Cows For Drying Off
Body condition score (BCS) and milk output should be the main dictating factors when selecting cows for drying off over the next few weeks. Cows...
End of the 2021 Grazing Season
Our current grassland management advice is as follows: Continue to walk the farm weekly to monitor Average Farm Cover (AFC). By November 1st,...
Fodder Budgeting
Winter preparation often begins with assessing silage quality and stocks. With some farms experiencing soil moisture deficits and restricted levels...
The true cost of dry cow mineral provision
Prevention of metabolic issues next spring will centre around decisions made over the coming weeks. When costs associated with clinical metabolic...
Beef Finishing Options
Considering the current rising feed costs, it is not only important to prioritise feeding high-quality home-grown forages, but also to weigh up the...
Dry Cow Planning
Although spring 2022 may seem a distance away, decisions around main herd nutrition over the next number of weeks will dictate how successful the...
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...
Autumn Grassland Management
The aim of building grass over the coming weeks is to ensure a bank of grass is available in the autumn when growth rates start to decline. It is...
Setting the farm up for spring 2022
Although spring 2022 seems a distance away, it is important to focus on setting up your farm to enable early grazing next spring. There will be...
Supplementing heifers at grass this autumn
Much focus since February has been centered on ensuring calves are healthy, achieving high levels of performance, and hitting target weights. With...
Autumn Reseeding: Sowing date effecting spring grass availability
Due to the inclement weather conditions across many regions in May and dry conditions in June, spring reseeding plans in some cases were postponed....