holstein

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland For this week’s Dairy Focus, Agriland made the trip to Co. Antrim to meet with Conor Casey on his dairy farm near the town of Cloughmills. Conor is milking 240 Holstein Friesian cows with four GEA robots, in a fully housed system. There are also two...

Hi Folks, I was asking for advice on feeding cattle inside did Inc the summer to faþen any advice for breed types and rations please

Hi all Hellllllllllpppp. just looking at helping son`s with possible new venture. trying to do some costings and got to milk powder. where do you start??????? MVF have about 10 different ones, wynnstay have about 20. some help. these calves would be beef cross out of dairy cows, bulls...

If you have eaten Wagyu beef , did you think was better than any other beef you have eaten. I ask the above as I have just read about it being “supposedly” very tender BUT also very expensive. That said I do like a nice steak as a special treat, so the Wagyu sounds tempting.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Holstein UK has today (Tuesday, March 7) announced the appointment of Michael Halliwell as its group commercial director – a new position launched by the company. The dairy consultancy said Halliwell will provide an “opportunity to further...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The Greenlawn herd held its annual sale on Saturday (February 25), with a number of new Irish sale records achieved at this year’s sale. The sale contained the first Siemers Rengd Parfect-ET-sired heifer to sell at auction in Ireland. The Curtin...

As part of the Strategic Dairy Farm programme, the team at Potstown looked at how metabolic profiling can help fine-tune the performance of their herd and achieve the margins they require, explains Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager Doreen Anderson. With margins tight, are you optimising the...

Looking to put an up to date value on some calves, Hereford cross and blues, 3 weeks old out of black and white grazing cows (not British friesian but not extreme nz) through sedgemoor or Exeter market

New round of Farming Equipment and Technology Fund grants opening soon Written by Sarah Evered English rural landscape with grazing Holstein Friesian cattle The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund is part of the Farming Investment Fund. It offers grants for specific items of equipment...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland This summer will see Scott Thompson heading to Denmark to take part in a three-day, dairy-focused study trip. Scott milks 300 cows with his father at Cross on the outskirts of Derry City. The herd, which is predominantly autumn-calving, is currently...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Logan family from Ayrshire, Scotland has been announced this year’s winner of the National Milk Records (NMR) Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) Gold Cup. The family received the honour at Dairy-Tech yesterday (Wednesday...

38 Holstein Friesian steers Aug-sep born, well fleshed, fed an open mix with Haylege and straw. TB tested 16th jan. Will split. Farm assured All from one holding Dorset- contact Trevor 07704813025

I got some blue x Holstein/fresian heifers and am thinking to put them with a bull. I’m thinking of a Angus,Simmental,limi or Hereford maybe. What are peoples experiences with this? Cheers

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland There was an increase in beef-sired calf births registered in Northern Ireland during 2022, according to the Livestock and Meat Commissions’ (LMC’s) recent analysis of Animal and Public Health Information System (APHIS) information. This increase, the...

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/01/24/fonterra-tells-suppliers-they-can-no-longer-kill-bobby-calves/ Interesting parallel with Arla.etc. Will this lead.to reduction of NZ dairy production? Export opportunity for UK dairy products? Discuss.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland National Milk Records (NMRs) Annual Production Report shows that total milk yield dropped by 104kg across all breeds compared to the previous year, reflecting the first fall in production for five years. NMR, a leading dairy information service...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Holstein UK presented its President’s Medal award to Natasha Kirby at the International Semex Conference in Glasgow yesterday evening (Monday, January 16). Kirby is a member of the Lancashire Holstein Young Breeders (HYB) Club and received the...

Be curious to see what the panel comes up with. Need to come up with a cattle system that fits this - Large block of extensive but half decent sea level grazing, decent shed, handling systems (2), 4 year TB testing area. To be run alongside sheep (about 1000 of the things). About 150 acres of...

Given new slurry regs we are looking at options for the future, one being moving the cows housing and going loose housed to start, with a view to cubicles down the line if we manage to milk a few more. Have a good shed, easily big enough, think it would cost 5-7k for concrete and improving...

What's the difference other than £60/t? Does the protected stuff milk the cows for me or transport the grass to the silage pit? Or is it another magic potion created by someone clever? What time of the year do you need to switch to ammonium nitrate? End of may/early June?