Planning for Spring 2024
With many cows dried off this month, the focus in most yards is on correct dry cow management. However, we must consider nutrition plans for cows...
Selecting a calf milk replacer
The management of calves in the first few weeks of life has a significant impact on their lifetime production, and with replacement heifers, impact...
Metabolic Disorders: Why Prevention Beats Cure
Prevention of metabolic disorders next spring will hinge around management decisions that will be made in the coming weeks. When costs associated...
Lactation 2023: The beginning of the end
For spring calving herds, the end of the lactation is now in sight and there are important decisions to be made over the next few weeks that will...
How to hit replacement heifer targets
How to hit replacement heifer targets For most parts of the country, grassland management has proven a struggle to date this year, given the...
Getting back on track with reseeding
After what has been a tumultuous year weather wise, many reseeding plans have been either placed on hold or delayed, so it’s important getting...
Tips For Second Cut Silage
Slow growth in June due to soil moisture deficits, resulted in some people grazing fields destined for second cut silage. In other areas, growth has...
Avoiding Summer Scour This Season
Maeve Regan gives her tips on transitioning calves from milk to solid feed as well as advice on avoiding summer scour this season. The transition...
Grassland Management
After several dry weeks, many of us at this point have received high levels of rainfall which has seen growth rates rectify to normal levels....
Grass growth recovery and planning winter forage reserves
After several dry weeks, grass growth rates are steadily improving following rainfall in mid to late June. However, the nationwide recovery is...
Multi-species swards – Your questions answered
In recent years, multi-species swards have become increasingly popular amongst farmers in Ireland due to their ability to produce high yields of...
Replacement heifers – How to hit target weights
Its vitally important to prioritise the next generation of milking cows by focusing on achieving replacement heifer target weights over the next...