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Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The recent Ruminant Methane Mitigation conference held by the British Society of Animal Science (BCAS) in Belfast, delivered new insights into the challenges that lie ahead for the dairy and livestock sectors in terms of emissions. Here comes the...

Have been leaving out rock salt for the cows. They’re going through it quicker than I expected is there a deficiency or is it just the novelty value .

Hi. This time last week the cows were on an upward trajectory towards a 30kg average at 0 19 kg/ cake / litre fed in parlour. The ration outside was balanced 3 forages n prot pellet. 2 Kgs. Since Sunday the yld has fallen very quickly to 24kg. Exactly the same ration. Mixed and fed...

Hello, We are Five Electrical and Electronic Masters students at Queens University Belfast, developing a wearable device for sheep called EweAlert. This device utilizes advanced sensors to monitor key physiological metrics like body temperature, ECG, movement patterns, and contractions in ewes...

Make sure you have joined the collective deal before Sunday to take part. We've seen a great deal of interest for this collective so are anticipating some great savings to be made! Collective deals available: ✅24/18 Milk Powder Collective Deal - 100% Dairy Protein / 60% Skim ✅20/17 Milk...

As it says, any one care to have a say? Id start the ball, rolling, toyota GB, product quite good, service, attitude, way below average? Now anyone in business, i would think would aim to be above average, but below? Many reasons for me saying that, ive bought 3 new hiluxs over the years, whever...

Evening all Cattle have been inside and on ad-lib for 5 weeks and just don’t seem to blooming. they are full hair and are not blooming They are on barley/wheat soya beans minerals and molasses as well as a ring feeder is silage and 1 straw. Anything I am missing to push them Any ideas

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UFAC-UK has warned farmers to be aware of, and mitigate mycotoxin risk to avoid performance shortfalls in their dairy herds. The animal nutrition specialist said that production drops, compromised performance and negative impact on fertility are...

Thinking of changing wormer this year. Always used an ivermectin injection before but not happy with results, especially during the grazing season. Going to use a drench that does fluke too. I know I'll have to treat lice separate now. Are hook drench guns any good? Can you do a row of cattle...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Silage slippage is a major challenge on many dairy and beef farms throughout Northern Ireland at the present time, according to John Thompson and Sons nutritionist, Mary-Jane Robinson. She confirmed the trend courtesy of her presentation to Ulster...

Would have put this in the Arla thread but have been told i'm not welcome there. https://petersweden.substack.com/p/they-are-poisoning-our-milk-now Ignore the fact that it's some internet chancer trying to get people to pay for access to further detail. That's not the point. The point is...

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?

Farmdeals: winter livestock deals It's now easier than ever for livestock farmers to save money on input costs. Through Farmdeals you have access to hundreds of livestock products including: ✅Milk powder ✅Feed supplements ✅Medicine & antibiotics ✅Minerals ✅Fertility management ✅Livestock tags...

Farmdeals: winter livestock deals It's now easier than ever for livestock farmers to save money on input costs. Through Farmdeals you have access to hundreds of livestock products including: ✅Milk powder ✅Feed supplements ✅Medicine & antibiotics ✅Minerals ✅Fertility management ✅Livestock tags...

Have a batch of ewe lambs that are not putting on condition, and sone going backwards, despite plenty of good grass. Just been emailed the results of a worm count and is (almost) clear of worms. Liver fluke is negative, but positive for Rumen fluke. From what I have read, there is no routine...

I have a handful of lambs that I’m trying to finish but they seem to have lost their appetite. I’ve been feeding them creep and recently been able to do this ad-lib but they just don’t seem interested. The field they’re in isn’t brilliant for grass now but they also have access to a shed with...

Just comparing diets for buying lamb creep for next year, which would be your choice in order?

Hello everyone, my 300 cows are currently licking their way through 30 kgs of Cheshire salt blocks a day. That seems a lot to me. And expensive. Do they really need it or are they just doing it out of boredom. When they are out grazing they never touch the salt blocks

How much does it cost to keep store cattle out at winter??

Completely clean sheet here, ie no cattle here at moment but have 200 acs of 1yr old GS4 herbal leys and will be cattle enterprise from next spring . Various options but one is working with a company who is doing the closed loop type beef system . However , this would mean having 3 or 4 month...