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Time for scanning in spring calving herds

Thoughts should be turning to scanning spring calving herds, giving plenty of time and more options for marketing empty cows.
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Beef Management: grazing stemmy covers, fly control and scanning
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Beef Management: grazing stemmy covers, fly control and scanning

Martin Merrick details how best to utilise heavy covers, controlling flies to prevent summer mastitis and why an early scanning of cows may be beneficial to farmers.

19 June 2024 
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Beef management notes: controlling docks, under-16-month bulls and culling
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Beef management notes: controlling docks, under-16-month bulls and culling

In this weeks beef management notes, Adam Woods takes a look at controlling docks, finishing under-16-month bulls and culling hard in the suckler herd.

5 June 2024 
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Milk production on the wind-down in NZ

Milk production on the wind-down in NZ

Zac Elkin from Craigantlet in Co Down is currently managing a dairy farm in Canterbury, New Zealand.

15 May 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND OK