Dairy
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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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Grazing Strategies
Equally important to both profit and biodiversity as pasture composition, is the way in which we graze the pasture with livestock. Grazing duration, intensity and rest impacts profit drivers (pasture…
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Preventing Lameness Within Your Dairy Herd
Lameness is one of the costliest diseases within the dairy cow herd, with the average cost of each lameness case being £180 but can vary from £75 up to £500.…
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Thrill of the Hill – Virtually Stockproof
Thrill of the Hill is back! Season 3 #6 – Virtually Stockproof. In this episode we hear from SAC Consulting’s Malcolm Macdonald & Robert Ramsay about the increasing opportunities for…
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Crofternomics: Farmyard Manure Versus Bagged Fertiliser
Crofternomics: Comparing Farm Yard Manure with Bagged Fertiliser Input prices escalating mean that we should calculate the value of FYM. This video covers the efficiency, biodiversity and climate benefits we…
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An Introduction to Cross Compliance
Confused by cross compliance? FAS have produced a series of videos explaining what cross compliance is and highlighting some of the most common rules under statutory management rules and good…
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