Dairy Cattle
North East Organic Discussion Group: Rotational Grazing
In this podcast, Agricultural Consultant Malcolm MacDonald chats to Alastair Wilson who farms at Upper Wheedlemont Farm near Rhynie, and Senior Consultant with SAC Consulting, Ewan Johnstone. Alistair talks about…
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Ragwort – May 2020
Ragwort is a biennial and a fresh batch of rosettes germinate each spring, particularly if there are gaps in the sward, and plants have been allowed to seed in previous…
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The Effect of Reducing Milking Frequency – SRUC Dairy Farms Case Study
The Effect of Reducing Milking Frequency – SRUC Dairy Farms Case Study Are there benefits to be had from moving from a 3x milking system to 2x? Perhaps the main…
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Are there benefits to be had from moving from a 3x milking system to 2x? Perhaps the main reason to change is to reduce milk output, based on your milk buyers requirements with the current impact of COVID-19 on dairy markets. However, reducing milking frequency may not necessarily significantly reduce milk output as discovered at SRUC’s three dairy units.
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Managing Costs and Protecting Financial Health in the Dairy Herd: Protecting your Financial Health
COVID-19 has brought with it a huge amount of uncertainty to the dairy industry, and while it may seem that the factors impacting on dairy businesses are out with your…
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Managing Costs and Protecting Financial Health in the Dairy Herd: Where to make savings?
The biggest expense on the dairy farm is by far feed, followed by labour, depreciation and supplies (in no particular order as this may vary from farm to farm). Many…
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Managing Costs & Protecting Financial Health in the Dairy Herd: Improving efficiency in the dairy herd
Whilst milk price is seen as the biggest influencer on profitability, the range in milk prices is sometimes not as wide as the difference in cost of production and the…
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Milk Manager News May 2020
Read the May edition of Milk Manager News here.
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