Livestock
Teat Sealants and Mastitis of Dry Period Origin
As there is increasing pressure on dairy farmers to reduce antibiotic usage and practice selective dry cow therapy (SDCT), the use of internal teat sealants is becoming increasingly important to…
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Magnesium Supplementation For Cows
With a lack of grass and a flush of grass to come it is important to remember about magnesium supplementation. Magnesium is not stored and a daily dietary intake is…
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Practical Guide: Improving water margins for biodiversity and multiple benefits – Livestock farms
Practical Guide: Improving water margins for biodiversity and multiple benefits – Livestock farms
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Dealing with a Late Spring and Forage Shortages
Grass growth is likely two to three weeks behind normal and many dairy farms are running short of forage, with the added difficulty of getting cows out to grass due…
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Fodder Beet
Fodder beet is a root crop of great interest in the ruminant nutrition world due to its huge potential as a high yielding, high energy winter forage.
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Palatable Bracken Risk
With a late spring, beware when putting sheep or cattle onto land with an emerging large number of bracken fronds. Youngstock are most vulnerable, particularly newborn’s being introduced to bracken…
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Shelter Woods & Woodland Grazing – presentation slides
Shelter Woods & Woodland Grazing presentation slides used during the Turriff ‘Thinking Ahead For Better Suckler Returns’ event during March 2018
Read More >Management of Bulls for Optimum Fertility – presentation slides
Management of Bulls for Opitmum Fertility – presentation slides used at the ‘Thinking Ahead for Better Suckler Returns’ event at Turriff during March 2018
Read More >Thinking ahead for better suckler returns – presentation slides
This is a copy of the presentation slides used at the ‘Thinking Ahead for Better Suckler Returns’ event held in Turriff during March 2018
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