Dairy Cattle Management

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Northern Ireland
Grove Holsteins finds its groove with robotic milking
Kieran Mailey
John Mitchell outlined the moved to using robots to milk his dairy herd of 750 cows at a farm walk last week. Kieran Mailey reports.
Grove Holsteins finds its groove with robotic milking
Dairy Management: breeding, reseeding and calves
24 April 2024 Management
Dairy Management: breeding, reseeding and calves
Aidan Brennan says that keeping cows on a rising plane of nutrition could be a challenge this year.
Dairy management: understanding the signs of heat
22 April 2024 Management
Dairy management: understanding the signs of heat
With the breeding season about to commence on most dairy farms, Aidan Brennan takes a look at the signs of heat in cows.
Dairy Management: grass, breeding and feed stocks
Aidan Brennan says that grass is likley to miss a season, going from winter mode to summer mode and bypassing spring.
17 April 2024 Management
Dairy management: ground remains very tender
More rain over the weekend has reversed some of the improvement in ground conditions experienced towards the end of last week, writes Aidan Brennan.
15 April 2024 Management
Dairy management: how much fertiliser to spread when the weather improves?
Aidan Brennan looks at the amount of fertiliser that should be applied on grazing ground and silage ground when the weather improves.
10 April 2024 Management
The importance of resilient breeding policies
Resilience is not just needed in people, but it's needed in cows too so keep it in mind when picking bulls, writes Aidan Brennan.
10 April 2024 Breeding
Weather to improve later this week
The weather forecast is looking like less rain for later this week, but not totally dry either, writes Aidan Brennan.
8 April 2024 Management
Dairy Management: weather and workload top the agenda
Aidan Brennan argues that farmers must try and prioritise the important jobs and focus on doing them well in April.
3 April 2024 Management
Dairy Management: dealing with tight fodder supplies
Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers dealing with dwindling silage stock as the continuous rain hampers grazing.
27 March 2024 Management
Dairy management: dealing with a silage shortage
Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers that are running out of silage when land is too wet to graze.
25 March 2024 Management
Dairy Management: weather, heifer weights and lameness
With the poor weather set to last for another while, Aidan Brennan looks at the options for those running low on silage.
20 March 2024 Management