Beef Cattle
Minimise Waste and Maximise Efficiency This Winter
With rising costs facing producers this year SAC Consulting vet Tim Geraghty and SAC Consulting beef specialist Calum Smith discuss options to maximise efficiency this winter for cattle, and highlight…
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Quarantine for Bought in Stock – Q & A
Buying in stock is common practice on many beef and sheep farms especially at this time of year with many breeding sales taking place across the country. However whether you’re…
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Deferred Grazing Cattle at Tullochgorum
Duncan Miller, alongside SAC Consulting’s Daniel Stout and Nicki Yoxall from Pasture for Life, will discuss the multitude of benefits deferred grazing has brought for cattle enterprise profitability by extending the grazing season and outwintering stock to dramatically reduced wintering costs whilst also promoting biodiversity on the farm.
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Silage Analysis Update 2022
The nutritional value of silage is determined by several factors such as grass variety, cutting date, weather, wilting period etc. Therefore, silage should be analysed before going into the winter…
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Reducing Calving Difficulty – Pelvic Scoring Heifers Case Study
Making pelvic scoring part of one farmer’s heifer selection policy has enabled him to reduce stress, labour and costs involved in calving his heifer batch each year. Click download to…
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Westerwold And Italian Ryegrass Catch Crops
The dry conditions in large parts of the country this summer are proving difficult to establish good catch crops for winter forage. This is unless, it continues to rain continuously…
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Profiting From Terminal Sire EBVs at Thistleyhaugh
In this video, Duncan Nelless explains how being involved in the RamCompare project has clearly demonstrated that differences in Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) between rams are clearly shown in their…
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