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Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Two men were taken to hospital for treatment following an incident involving slurry gas on a farm in Co. Antrim in recent days. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and emergency services, including members of the Northern Ireland Fire and...

Written by Louise Hickey from Agriland Trouw Nutrition Ireland has become the latest organisation to join the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) Farm Safety Partnership (FSP). The FSP aims to increase farm safety awareness and to reduce work-related fatalities and...

For the past couple of years, I was using an Irish origin lamb milk powder, whose brand name escapes me*, made with ewes milk. Super product on the lambs, mixed well and no brown crap settling out in minutes like the Volac stuff. How Volac can be used in an ad-lib situation escapes me, when it...

I realise this is a bit of a open question because everyone seems to like different powders but I just wondered what other people get on with. The powder I've been feeding is an.. 18% protein 22% oil 35% skim I've reared plenty of healthy strong calves on this powder but it's comparatively...

Dairy cow diets contain nitrogen, mostly in the form of protein. Background The percentage of nitrogen consumed by the cow, and which subsequently ends up in milk protein, is defined as nitrogen-use-efficiency. However, nitrogen-use-efficiency by dairy cows is low, with only approximately 30%...

Reducing the crude protein content of dairy cow diets can substantially reduce ammonia emissions from manures. This is one of the findings of a major four-year project currently underway at AFBI. Ammonia is produced when faeces (which contains the enzyme urease) and urine (which contains urea)...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Lowering the crude protein content of diets can substantially reduce ammonia emissions from dairy cow manures. This is one of the findings of a major four-year project currently underway at Northern Ireland’s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute...

Farmers are being encouraged to test first-cut silage before feed-out amid reports of high levels of ash in some silage crops. Liz Homer, ruminant technical development manager at Trouw Nutrition, says that while average ash levels are looking similar to last year, in some areas they are higher...

Experts are urging livestock producers to make the best silage possible this season as purchased feed, energy and other inputs continue to rise. Granted, the cost of making grass silage has also risen due to widespread inflation effecting energy and input costs. However, it still offers...

Hello everyone this is a hot topic with quite a few people, this year especially with a lot of wet silages being ensiled, some nutritionist are already looking ahead the potential effect that will have on palatability and increased acidity of first cut silages. is this something you guys on...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Trouw Nutrition Ireland has developed a new quality suite, including a state of the art quality control laboratory, in Belfast as part of a “strategic investment programme”. Geke Naaktgeboren-Stoffels, global quality director at Trouw Nutrition, said the...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Growing beans has a multitude of known benefits, be it improved soil health or retained nitrogen for the following wheat crop, but what about replacing soya in laying hen feed to produce a carbon neutral egg? CPM investigates. By Melanie...

Hello Anybody used independent forage/ feed analysis firm? I sometimes wonder about the results you get from people who are trying to sell you something….. or am I over thinking it.?

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Livestock producers are being urged to take steps to make the best silage possible this season, as purchased feed prices continue to soar. Lientjie Colahan, technical sales support at Lallemand Animal Nutrition, says that despite a rise in the cost of making silage due to widespread inflation...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Trouw Nutrition Ireland has made two new appointments to its commercial team. The company has announced that Laurence Kirwan has joined Trouw Nutrition Ireland as a commercial nutritionist. Kirwan will work closely with Trouw’s customer base across the...

Effydral isn't available any more, what would be the equivalent? Anyone using electro-kel? I don't find the gel products very easy when tubing.

Written by John Swire from Farm Business Heifer rearing still represents a major cost to dairy farmers and has a significant impact on overall herd performance and profitability. To help improve the efficiency of heifer rearing, Trouw Nutrition GB has joined forces with the University of...

Has anyone seen a new born calf which will simply not suck the cow or bottle or anything???? We have loads of calves born and not a problem above the usual where it might take a day to train one to suck a cow with a low/rough udder etc. but this fec'r is different and just will not take...

Aye-up, I have a customer who keeps cattle and laying hens. He’s been buying his limestone grit through Frank Wright Trouw for years but now they’re saying they can’t supply him. He’s asked me to help, I’ve given him details for Longcliffe, BLI, Ben Bennett Jnr and Singleton Birch, but I have...