Paul Smith, Sinéad Waters and David Kenny of Teagasc Grange and Alan Kelly (UCD) report on the rumen microbiome and low methane- emitting beef cattle.
Enteric methane originating as a by-product of the microbial fermentation of feed in the rumen accounts for nearly 60% of Irish agricultural-...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Almost 6% of the green electricity produced in Northern Ireland last year was generated by anaerobic digestion (AD) operations.
Delegates attending a conference, hosted by Fane Valley in Portadown earlier this week, were told that the potential to grow...
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...
Beef carcase specification is heavily influenced by nutrition during finishing.
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Losses due to out-of-specification carcases is a major drain on finishing margins, but can be largely avoided by better matching rations to cattle requirements...
I have been asked to attend a meeting on the above subject - basically it means breeding cattle to produce less methane, as it is possibly an inherited trait. A recent published paper did not link it to any particular breed but said that there are likely to be animals in most breeds that produce...
Controlling the cost of production on a farm is crucial to achieving and maintaining profitability in a continuingly challenging dairy and beef market. An area where all producers can take control of costs is to produce the best quality corn silage possible. Corn grown in poor or drought...
Is it worth it?
Does it increase daily live weight gain?, and if so how much by?
I assume theory being rumen is a happier place with it being added in the ration so cattle perform better?
Is there any coming back for thin flukey ewes?
Flicked them all 5 weeks last Friday at scanning, there’s a few poor looking ones but they are up and eating
Had two gelds go to nothing then as is usual after throwing the whole armoury of meds at them they die
Somewhere in the mists of my science education the only living things which absorb CO2 are plants. Never mind the 8 billion humans who exhale CO2, my cows and sheep are the main problem so we all need to eat less meat to save the planet. After all it is a ( slow-burning) emergency!
Meanwhile...
Dipped ewes on the 27th January.Was thinking of dosing the ewes tomorrow with Levafas diamond.
It says on box not to use product if ewes have been treated with organophosphate either 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after intended treatment.
Can anyone explain why?
Tia
Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland
Global feed production remained steady in 2022 despite significant macroeconomic challenges that affected the entire supply chain, according to the Agri-Food Outlook 2023 published by Alltech.
According to the report, Europe bore the brunt of the impact...
Adjusting housing and feed intakes around weaning has helped a Welsh calf-rearer significantly reduce incidence of pneumonia.
Hugh Jones and his mother, Glenys, who farm at Pentre Farm, Pentrecelyn, source Aberdeen Angus bull calves from Buitelaar at an average of 36 days, when they weigh...
Farmers are being urged to resist the temptation to include any spoiled silage in the ration for their cattle this winter
Dairy and beef producers are being warned by nutrition experts against feeding spoiled silage to their cattle this winter.
The warning by Lallemand Animal Nutrition comes...
What sort of diet is recommended for feeding Heifers into breeding/calving weight when calving down at 23/24 months?
Currently feeding them 74%dmd silage and 2kg of a 16% weaning ration. I think they are on the edge at calving. They get excellent grazing grass at every opportunity. Looking to...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
Three finalists have been shortlisted, from over 25 entries, for this year’s Royal Dairy Innovation Award. They are: SmaXtec – TruDrinking, UFAC – Envirolac and HerdVision – Auto Mobility & BCS.
These three finalists have been chosen for their...
Some of our weaned heifers (80 to 100 days old) have developed very loose, watery, grayish muck. Smells bad, not like normal muck.
Current diet is 3kg calf cake + deccox (split 50/50 morning and afternoon), ad lib hay and barley straw.
Vet has been out and taken samples, negative for cocci...
The use of methane inhibitors in cattle and sheep feed was the subject of a recent consultation by the UK and devolved governments, to which the SFT responded. Reducing methane emissions is essential, but we have concerns about some of the products under consideration, as well as the wider...
A title that sums up this section of the forum nicely, I feel.
I seem to have rather more ewe lambs kept back for tupping Autumn 2023, than I originally envisaged this time... Best laid plans, etc etc... ;)
I have now got 50 odd lambs in the Solar farm, and anticipated feeding some hay to...
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