Dairy Cattle
Dry Cow Management for a Successful Transition into the Milking Herd
This factsheet focuses on the non-nutritional factors that are important to help dry dairy cows achieve a trouble free-calving and successful transition into the milking herd.
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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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Milk Manager News July 2022 – Market Update
UK Wholesale Dairy Commodity Market Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (5th July) resulted in a substantial fall of 4.1% in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $4,360/t.…
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Milk Manager News July 2022 – What are the Benefits of Wholecrop Silages?
With increasing costs, it is important to consider all feed options that could be grown on farm to reduce the cost of purchased feeds. A cost-effective and high-quality forage which…
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Milk Manager News July 2022 – Why Invest in a Slurry Separator?
There are many advantages of slurry separators to improve nutrient management. With increasing focus on manure management to reduce environmental impact and the requirement for 22 weeks of storage for…
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