Do Animals need Dosing at Turnout?
Depending on the parasite disease risks on your farm, strategic treatments soon after turnout might be needed. But treating early in the season when pasture contamination by parasite eggs and…
View Post >Feeding regimes for freshly calved cows have 2 ultimate goals: Getting your cows to peak strongly while also getting them back in calf
Feeding regimes for freshly calved cows have 2 ultimate goals: Getting your cows to peak strongly while getting them back in calf. To achieve this we need to: Feed…
View Post >An extra litre at peak for a 100 cow herd will generate €11,500 extra milk revenue annually
Annual milk yield is a function of: Maximizing peak milk Managing the decline from peak to drying off Peak milk has been declining year on year since 2021with 2024…
View Post >Feeding your stock this winter
By EDMOND CURTIN, B.Arg.Sc Dry cow: Cows in the wrong body condition score (BCS) need to have this rectified 2-3 weeks before calving starts. From then on a greater proportion…
View Post >Why use DIGEST-IT?
DIGEST-IT: increases nutrient recovery, improving the fertiliser value of slurry, reduces ammonia emissions and odours, breaks down solids, reducing the time required to agitate and pump slurry, grows more, better…
View Post >The importance of knowing your silage quality
Silage quality is key to good animal performance, reducing winter feed costs and increasing profitability during the housing period. Right now, you cannot change the quality of your silage but…
View Post >Soil Moisture
Soil moisture deficits are c.60mm in the Dairygold area. The forecast is showery with c.30mm forecast over the week, some of which will be heavy with thunderstorms possible.. This…
View Post >Lungworm
Lung worm infection/ hoose pneumonia, occurrence is very much both weather and age related. Warm and humid weather favours the development of lungworm larvae on pastures. Quite often we see…
View Post >Dairygold Prime Milk Replacer Range
The key ingredient in Dairygold’s Prime Elite calf milk replacer range is Imunopro®, a concentrated Whey Protein, is carefully balanced to ensure the optimum level of amino acids, fatty…
View Post >Building Grass across the month of September
Grass Growth in August was poor, a lot of farms now find themselves behind target for grass as we start the month of September. We need to build grass covers…
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