As calving season looms in the not so distant future, the first things that come to my mind is considering plans for pre-calving vaccination of pregnant cows, and thinking about controlling calf ...

Monitoring what’s happening at the pen level, rather than for individual dairy cows, is proving to be the best approach for producers with more than 1,000 cows. It allows them to prevent and predict ...

I remember as a kid begging to go on a roller coaster, but when I shakily stepped off, I swore I would never ride another one ...

I learned firsthand about “moonblindness” when one of my horses developed this devastating eye disease in 1966. My husband ...

From 28 days of age, GAIN Easi-Beef can be fed once daily at 20% solids, offering significant labour savings at a critical ...

The Ulster Grassland Society has announced details of its forthcoming Spring Meeting at Philip Truesdale’s dairy farm near ...

October is traditionally calf weaning and cow culling month for spring calving operations. At cow culling time, producers often face some tough decisions. Optimum culling of the herd often seems to ...

We’re slap bang in that mad overlap between the tail end of calving and the start of breeding season, and so ensues a juggling act where the cows are at one end, the children at the other ... for ...