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Best practices to encourage rumen development
While the initial days/weeks of calf rearing may appear to be the most labour-intensive stage for farmers, the first season at grass can prove a...
Quality Colostrum Remains Key for Calves
The importance of colostrum management protocol cannot be over-emphasised, as many scour-related issues on farm directly correlate to insufficient...
Colostrum – The Key to Healthy Calves
As spring looms ever closer, we fast approach the influx of the next generation of calves on farm. Replacement heifers born over the next few weeks...
Planning for Spring 2025
Many herds are currently engaged in drying off cows, as the focus shifts towards dry cow management across most farms. It’s also important to...
Informed decisions on silage quality will benefit feed plan
After a fantastic back end to the grazing season, the focus of farmers has increasingly turned towards nutrition levels from winter forage....
Smart Choices – Choosing a Quality Calf Milk Replacer
The management of calves in the first weeks of life has a significant impact on their lifetime production, and with replacement heifers, impact...
The Autumn Checklist
For spring calving herds, the end of the lactation is approaching so some important decisions need to be made to hopefully ensure a stress-free...
Prevention of Metabolic Issues
Prevention of metabolic issues next spring will hinge around management decisions that will be made over the next number of weeks. When costs...
Time to plan for Winter
Another winter is approaching, and now is the time for planning, in order to make informed decisions around nutritional management. Following a...
Preparation is Everything
Although it seems almost too early to admit, and it doesn’t appear to have been that long since ‘winter mode’ ended, but Winter...
Autumn reseeds: don’t delay!
Early autumn reseeding is the preferred option for many to reseed grazing ground due to reduced pressure on grass availability and the increased...
Getting back on track with reseeding
Slow growth has been the theme so far this year with many reseeding plans on the main grazing block have either been placed on hold or delayed....