Search results for: animal welfare updates
Search results for: animal welfare updates
Technical Note (TN 749): Treatments To Grain For Feeding Ruminants
…drawbacks from the convenience of dried grain, not least the ability to sell. The purpose is to prevent moulds and bacterial decay producing mycotoxins that affect animal health and reduce…
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Buying In An Older Stock Bull – What You Need To Know
…big calves and causing calving difficulties. These are all important areas for discussion. Along with these points, it is very important to think about animal health. Unlike when you attend…
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Technical Note (TN744): Management of Replacement Heifers into the Suckler Herd
The goal of breeding heifer management is to produce a healthy, productive animal that produces a calf annually as part of the herd. This technical note will focus on managing…
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High Nitrates in Silage
…animals. The reason for minimising the nitrate-N content in forage is that it cannot be used as a nitrogen source by the animal. Nitrates in ensiled silage are converted to…
Read More >Records & Benchmarking
…various reasons. Livestock identification and records are covered by Scottish, UK and EU law. These have been put in place to aid animal traceability and are mandatory. The links below,…
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Forage Crops Mineral Fact Sheet
…(although root crops tend to be at the lower end). This fact sheet will focus on the main mineral requirements of the animal to consider when grazing/ feeding forage crops….
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Rotational Grazing Vlog: Leader Follower Grazing
…the feed quantity, centimetres can work find for this purpose, but kilograms of dry matter per hectare would be required for feed budgeting – comparing feed supply with animal demand….
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Livestock Monthly: Dairy (September 2021)
…strategy to get you through the season whether you’re partially housed or still at grass. Colin and Lorna talk about the animal health and nutritional challenges for the coming months….
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Technical Note (TN753): Management of inputs of heavy metals to agricultural soils and crops
…to land or deposited in landfill – current or abandoned industrial sites – mining Farming practices – fertilisers and some animal manures and feed wastes The soil is a long-term…
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The Role of Biostimulants in IPM
…these are animal based, they may not be acceptable to end markets or users. For example amino acids derived from beef or pork sources. They are not pesticides which would…
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