Dairy

Feeding the Milking Herd at Grass – What to Consider?

With many cows now turned out to grass, the science of balancing buffer feeding is tricky when often grass intake and quality is unknown. If you want to know if…

Grassland Roadshow Ayrshire: Managing Grass for Dairy

Please use the above map for an exact meeting location. Google Maps Location: Low Holehouse Farm Managing Grass in a Changing Climate. This on-farm event will focus on maximising the…

MMN March 2025 – How Much is Enough When it Comes to Milk Replacer?

Your calf rearing policy should, from birth, ensure that you are giving heifer replacements the best opportunity to express their genetic potential as a productive animal when they enter the…

MMN March 2025 – Turning Out Heifers, Fed not Forgotten

Highly nutritious spring grass can be an effective tool for promoting growth in youngstock and can support growth rates of up to 1kg/day. Turning heifers out to grass can reduce…

MMN March 2025 – Fodder Beet in Milking Rations

Fodder beet has surged in popularity for outwintering livestock, providing one of the highest yielding energy crops (65-90T of bulb and leaf yield/ha). While the crop may only be around…

MMN March 2025 – Husbandry of Dairy Calves

When rearing calves there is a lot to think about from to the day of birth right through to getting that calf to enter the milking herd. Husbandry is important…

MMN March 2025 – The Multiple Roles of Methionine

Methionine is an essential amino acid for dairy cows and is the first limiting amino acid for milk production, followed by lysine. Typically miking rations are deficient in methionine, with…

Understanding GAEC 7 and Cross-Compliance On-Farm

The development of and investment in new farm infrastructure and land improvement is recognised as an important part of pushing the agricultural sector forward and making it resilient and ready…

Uterine Prolapse in Dairy Cattle

Uterine prolapses are more serious than vaginal or rectal prolapses, and almost always occur within 24 hours of calving. They are easily distinguished from vaginal prolapses, which tend to occur…

MMN January 2025 – Outwintering Dairy Heifers

Outwintering dairy heifers can make significant savings on bedding and labour and with good planning and nutrition, growth performance should not be compromised. There are a number of things to…

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