Dairy
Dry Cow Management for a Successful Transition into the Milking Herd
This video discusses the key management factors that are important for a successful transition into the milking herd. Topics covered include feeding space, cow comfort related to cubicle housing and…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Mating Programs for Breed Improvement
Twenty-five years ago, the average size of the dairy herd in the UK was around 70 cows, and back then most farmers would know each individual animal inside and out,…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Upcoming Options For Steading Developments
Readers of Milk Manager News will be accustomed to me waxing lyrically over the environmental options available to the sector and how farms can make best use of these. In…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Cystic Ovaries: Causes, Prevention and Treatment
Cystic Ovaries: Causes, Prevention and Treatment Cystic ovaries are most common in the first two months after calving when most health issues occur, and cows are under metabolic stress. The…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Downer Cow Syndrome
Downer Cow Syndrome The definition of Downer Cow Syndrome is a cow that has not been able to get up for more than 24 hours. It is sometimes called Bovine…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Thoracic Ultrasound Scanning in Calves
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a very common and costly disease in dairy calves and early detection and treatment is vital to minimise the impact on growth and lifetime performance.…
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Dry Cow Nutrition for a Successful Transition into the Milking Herd
This factsheet is designed to inform dairy farmers about the key aspects of nutrition during the dry period that are essential to the health of the cow at calving and…
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Deferred Grazing
Deferring (setting aside) pasture in the summer for grazing in the winter months provides the opportunity to outwinter cattle with significantly reduced winter costs (cost of conserving grass into silage…
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