Darren Carty gets advice from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on key aspects of the B&B of animals. As the winter period is a costly one for all parties, it is essential that the agreement includes key targets in terms of animal performance and outlines all issues which could arise during the winter period.
We look at advice on winter health when housing animals and the value and costs of weighing. We pay particular attention to administering the correct volume of medicines.
We look at mineral supplementation of dry dairy cows and stocking rates in slatted and bedded sheds. We look at the key messages on the economics of supplementation of cattle, delivered by Dr Edward O’Riordan at the National Beef Conference.
The first step to winter feeding is having silage analysed. Once you know what quality you have, supplementation rates can be adjusted accordingly.
We also give detailed advice on feeding the spring-calving suckler cow for calving down next spring and give advice on the supplementation rates of weanlings and finishing cattle.
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