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MMN November 2023 – The Power of Benchmarking
The importance of understanding the financial data within your business was one of the sessions at a recent dairy conference “Challenging the Norm: Future Dairy Systems”, held by SAC Consulting…
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MMN November 2023 – Investigating the Causes of Poor Milk Production
It can often be the case that cows are not milking according to expectation. While reviewing the current ration is a good starting point along with up-to-date forage analysis, there…
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MMN September 2023 – Rumen Audits: Maximising Livestock Health and Performance
Introduction Feeding the dairy cow equates to around 51% of the total cost of milk production (Teagasc, 2023). Therefore, maintaining good rumen health is vital to ensuring optimum feed utilisation…
Read More >Are your cows being fed sufficiently at grass?
As the longest day is now well past and nights are starting to draw in, milk production from grass is likely not as much as you think it is! Cows…
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Milk Manager News May 2023 – Making Smart Culling Decisions
Given the fall in milk prices since the start of the year and input costs still relatively high, it is really important to ensure that every cow in the herd…
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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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Dry Cow Management for a Successful Transition into the Milking Herd
This factsheet focuses on the non-nutritional factors that are important to help dry dairy cows achieve a trouble free-calving and successful transition into the milking herd. Related FAS Resources Dry…
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Milk Manager News September 2022
The September 2022 edition of Milk Manager News is now available. Along with the regular articles on Milk Market Update and Straights Update; this month we also have feature articles…
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Reviewing your Concentrate use per Litre
Concentrate use per litre is a key measure of feeding efficiency in the dairy cow. The less concentrate required for a given level of milk production with the more milk…
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Reducing Stress in Cows at Calving
Improving cow comfort and reducing cow stress is now seen as a given route to improving production as well as animal welfare. One of the most stressful times for the…
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