Dairy
With the autumn calving season approaching, farmers must be on the lookout for the risk of milk fever and any other metabolic issues.
Calving is only around the corner for a lot of autumn herds, meaning preparations for optimal calf health should be well underway.
By this stage of the season, the majority of autumn calving cows should be dried off, leaving farmers to focus on dry-cow management.
With the breeding season kicking off this week alongside Christmas, it is easy to disregard the few late autumn calvers.
Despite a return to more challenging market conditions, autumn milk output continues to increase in Northern Ireland.
As winter milking is already a costly system, keeping the somatic cell count (SCC) down is crucial...
With the autumn calving season well underway and pens quickly filling with calves, farmers must keep an eye out for early signs of pneumonia
Beef
With autumn calving is well and truly underway, focusing on the rumen development of young calves is a crucial aspect to the calving season
The first step to a successful winter milk herd is ensuring that mineral and feed are at optimum levels to produce high quality milk
With autumn calving ready to start, farmers should be asking themselves: how much light should cows be exposed to?
Cows are beginning to calve on autumn calving farms and colostrum is going to be crucial for the calves’ start in life
The next couple of weeks are crucial in getting prepared for the arrival of calves for autumn...
Milk fever (hypocalcemia) is a metabolic disorder where the cow’s blood calcium levels drop, typically within 24 hours after calving
Autumn calving may already have kicked off on some farms, but preparation will now be underway for herds calving from late September
With drying off for autumn calving herds set to take place soon, the body condition score of your herd will have to be assessed
We are now into the middle of November, which means that the start of the breeding season for the autumn calving herd is just over...
As we are now into the thick of autumn calving, it’s important to be considerate of keeping your...
Autumn calving is well and truly underway and it is important that farmers are making sure that their calves are receiving adequate...
