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Dairy Management

Dairy Cattle Management

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Dairy Management: drying off cows and preparing for spring

Aidan Brennan goes through the steps involved in successfully drying off cows this winter.

11 December 2024 MANAGEMENT
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Dairy Management: top tips for drying off cows

Aidan Brennan outlines the key information when drying off spring-calving cows this winter.

9 December 2024 MANAGEMENT
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Dairy Management: Grass, maiden heifers and nitrates

Aidan Brennan says now is the time to do a final grass walk for the year and update spring grazing budgets to plan spring grazing.

4 December 2024 MANAGEMENT
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Dairy Management: new soiled water rules kick in

An extended closed period for spreading soiled water comes into force this December, writes Aidan Brennan.

2 December 2024 MANAGEMENT
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Targeting costs at €3/kg MS at Dairy Day

There was huge interest in the cost of production session with Mike Bermingham and Laurence Shalloo at Dairy Day, writes Aidan Brennan.

27 November 2024 MANAGEMENT

Crossbreeding delivers 35% increase in milk output

Andrew Dale has targeted milk yield, solids and fertility using a crossbreeding programme on his 120-cow dairy farm. Kieran Mailey reports.

27 November 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND
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Dairy Management: meal, lactose levels and costs

Aidan Brennan asks what is an appropriate level of meal feeding this winter, given where meal and milk prices are at.

27 November 2024 MANAGEMENT
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Dairy management: How much meal to feed to housed cows?

With virtually all herds now fully housed, the question is how much concentrate should they be on, writes Aidan Brennan.

25 November 2024 MANAGEMENT
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Dairy Management: teat sealing heifers and drying off cows

Aidan Brennan says that it is better to teat seal heifers when they are still at grass, if possible.

20 November 2024 MANAGEMENT