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Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A smooth transition for calves being weaned off milk is essential to ensure calves suffer no performance setbacks and continue to thrive. Farmers who have experience in rearing calves will know all too well that if a calf is weaned off milk before it is...

Has anyone used this? 90% dry matter 14% protein, Supergrains really unreliable, got 2 loads in fairly quick succession and now shut down for 2 weeks. Alkaforage sounds expensive but looks to be cheaper on a dry matter basis,

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland On farms where calving begins in mid-January, there will now be calves between nine and 10-weeks-of-age, and it may be time to start preparing for weaning. Weaning should be done based on weight, not just age, and ideally during the rearing period you...

Previously, the only lambs that were bottle fed were ewe lambs that we were retaining for breeding so I wasn't that worried about the cost of a bit of milk powder and probably kept them on it longer than necessary. This year however I'm keeping any excess lambs (triplets, etc), inc tip lambs...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Calves on many farms are now old enough to transition to once-a-day (OAD) feeding, which can reduce the workload considerably on farms. During the spring period, the feeding of calves and milking of cows are two jobs that take up a significant amount...

Im looking for a twin lance 3-4000 psi hot water tractor powerd presure washer , see landy do one , any more to consider ??

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Occasionally, abomasal bloat will be an issue on farms – with clostridium bacteria or lactic acid usually to blame for producing the gas. The issue is generally caused by poor hygiene, dirty bedding and inaccurate feeding. With the calving season now...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Three key things are needed to aid rumen development in calves during the rearing period: water, concentrates and a source of fibre. Calves should have access to all three from an early age so that development of the rumen can begin. This changes the...

Losing 100 acres of silage ground to our landlord, flipping our cow grazing acres and a bit more grazing ground into silage ground, keeping them in 365 tho, what silage replacers could I use? I’m thinking fodder beet, crush it on farm and buy cleaned, 7kgs a day would save roughly 300 ton of...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Rumen development is a vital part of the development of young calves, and should begin from day one. Young calves are born without a functional rumen, therefore development of the rumen takes place over the rearing period. There are a number of key...

How much is everyone feeding their milk calves? Looking at doing a trial with our milk calves feeding between 2-4 litres each feed to see what diff makes on Daily weight gains. Interested to see what everyone else is feeding?

Has anyone read this next load of £hit coming at us from Red Tractor, Way beyond their remit . Cant find the link can someone help ?

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Research trials have shown that feeding higher volumes of milk can lead to many benefits for calf, heifer and cow performance as well as the farmer. However, as we encourage higher litres there is often some reluctance due to the following myths. Read more: The benefits of feeding calves a...

Written by Louise Hickey from Agriland Scientists in the US have created a gene-edited calf with what they have called “dramatically reduced” susceptibility to infection of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV). At 20-months-old, the calf was observed without any “adverse effects” after...

Last week, AHDB, the British Grassland Society and LIC ran a joint event hosted by Graham and Pam Clarke. Katie Evans reports on what their farm is doing to profit through grass. Sourcing calves Graham manages a dairy-beef system, from rearing calves to selling finished cattle at 24–32 months of...

Making key changes to calf housing and feeding protocols is helping a Pembrokeshire dairy farm improve youngstock health. When Parc y Morfa Farms Limited made the switch from beef farming to milk production in 2015, the housing didn’t allow for a separate area for calves. They are reared in...

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...

Have electric immersion just wondered with electric prices is there a better way all my demand is around milking times especially morning with calf feeding amd washing plant

After reading defras new ELMs scheme i was shocked at the exclusion of livestock farmers to most of the payments but the penny has finally dropped, someone has messaged me on here to say that @Janet Hughes Defra is infact ........a vegan, if this is true a serious investigation needs to be done...