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Dairy management: grass supply under big pressure
Aidan Brennan
Grass growth rates are set to dip below normal over the coming days, as the weather turns cold, adding more pain to an already difficult grass growing year.
Dairy management: grass supply under big pressure
Dairy management: dealing with the aftermath of torrential rain
7 October 2024 Management
Dairy management: dealing with the aftermath of torrential rain
Up to 65mm of rain fell in parts of Cork and Kerry over the weekend, leading to burst river banks and flooding, writes Aidan Brennan.
Essentials of milk parlour checks and servicing
2 October 2024 Buildings
Essentials of milk parlour checks and servicing
Martin Merrick details some key advice in keeping your milking parlour in top condition for the latter stages of lactation.
Dairy Management: milk recording, BCS, grazing and youngstock
Some key tasks for this autumn include BCS of cows, milk recording ahead of the dry period as well as managing what grass remains on the farm.
2 October 2024 Management
Dairy Management: prepping for winter, testing silage and vaccinations
Thomas Condon discusses some of the key management task that should be on dairy farmer’s minds this time of the year .
25 September 2024 Management
Dairy Management: grass growth continues to disappoint
Grass growth rates continue to disappoint, leading to increased fears of a fodder deficit next spring
18 September 2024 Management
Dairy management: Fodder crisis looms unless growth improves
After another week passes without a recovery in grass growth, fears over fodder stocks mount on dairy farms writes Aidan Brennan.
16 September 2024 Management
Dairy Management: last chance for chemical nitrogen
The closed period for spreading chemical nitrogen starts at the weekend, writes dairy editor Aidan Brennan
11 September 2024 Management
Dairy Management: no end in sight to soil moisture problems
With little or no rain in the forecast, farmers in severe soil moisture deficit regions are going to feel the feed pinch for longer.
9 September 2024 Management
Cow tech driving fertility for Legendairy Holsteins
Dairy farmers Dale and Vicki Byers held a farmwalk last week, to demonstrate the role of technology in managing their 150-cow herd.
4 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Dairy Management: lameness, scanning and whether to milk or cull empties
Wet and muddy roadways further soften hooves, heightening the risk of lameness.
4 September 2024 Management
Dairy management: nobody is happy with grass or weather
Exceptionally wet weather or not enough rain are the problems being experienced on dairy farms now, writes Aidan Brennan.
28 August 2024 Management