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…
View Post >Join us for our Animal Health Open Days – May 2022 From 10am
Updates on New Veterinary Regulations – Expert Advice – Special Offers Tuesday 3rd – Terelton Wednesday 4th – Killumney & Old Pallas Thursday 5th – Buttevant & Ballinhassig Friday 6th…
View Post >Plan now to ensure you have enough silage for next winter
How much silage do I need? Contact your local area sales manger to run through a winter feed budget. 1 acre of 1st cut silage ground will feed 1.5 cows…
View Post >Early Lactation Nutrition
Feeding regimes for freshly calved cows have one ultimate goal: Getting your cows back in calf. To achieve this, we need to: Feed enough energy to limit BCS loss in…
View Post >EU Veterinary Medicine Regulation Update
By SEAMUS O’MAHONY, M.Agr.Sc, Head of Commercial, Dairygold Agri Business Why is this happening? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microorganisms to resist antimicrobial treatments, especially antibiotics…
View Post >Economics of concentrate feeding in late lactation
Economics of concentrate feeding in late lactation: In late lactation 1kg of concentrates can generate 1kgof extra milk. With concentrates costing c.€300-350/Tand milk valued at c. 40 c/kg (including higher…
View Post >How to achieve maximum fertility levels through your cow’s diet
Welcome to the first addition of our Nutrition Series, a six-part video and article series brought to you by Dairygold and Alltech Ireland for the next six weeks. Liam Stack,…
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