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Choose a Calf Milk for Your Specific Needs

Modern calf milk replacer formulation is becoming more sophisticated and multi-functional – so much so that there should always be a quality nutrition product available that is ...

Choose a Calf Milk for Your Specific Needs

Modern calf milk replacer formulation is becoming more sophisticated and multi-functional – so much so that there should always be a quality nutrition product available that is ...

Get Ewe Feeding Right for Better Milk & Better Lambs

Feeding ewes on a high plane of nutrition in the last 6 weeks of pregnancy will aid the development of healthy, vigorous lambs. There is a massive focus on feeding levels during late ...

Housing is one of the best times to treat cattle for parasites.

The most common parasite groups to consider include: Stomach and intestinal worms Lungworms Liver flukes External parasites (lice and mange) Housing provides a great opportunity to control ...

'Reviva will keep her on her feet.'

With the autumn calving season getting under way, we are delighted to inform our customers that we are stocking REVIVA, from Trouw Nutrition world leaders in animal nutrition. Scientific research ...

National Recommended List for Spring Cereals 2021

The national recommended list for spring cereals was released in January. Spring Barley: There were no major changes compared to the 2020 list. Disease scores and variety ...

Agronomy Update - Aphids / Slugs / Weed Control / Soil Testing

Aphids Winter cereal crops depending on sowing date are at risk from the impact of aphids, aphids are responsible for the infection and spread of BYDV (barley yellow dwarf virus). BYDV can reduce ...

Feeding before breeding.

Breeding season has begun on some sheep farms across the country. For others, the focus is on sourcing new breeding stock but nutrition must be remembered in order to maximise the number of lambs ...

Winter Crop Update

We have accumulated significantly more rainfall this January compared with that of 2020 – 80.3ml vs 55.1ml. Where winter barley is sitting in waterlogged soils, there is a threat of tiller ...

Focus on Seed - Winter Cereals

In sharp contrast to winter cereal planting from 2019 a large area of ground has been sown so far this year, Tillage farmers across the country are taking every opportunity to get winter cereals into ...

Sheep

Grassland: Assess cover in early September and target to have 20 days grazing ahead, building up to 30 days in early October to bank up grass supplies. Chemical fertiliser can be applied up to ...

Managing the Freshly Calved Dairy-Herd

As we move into February calving on most dairy farms is underway. The calving period is on many farms the busiest time of the year. With this heavy workload, it is vitally important that YOU do not ...

Assessing clamp silage: Quantity & Quality

As the winter housing period approaches, now may be a good time to assess grass silage stocks and forage quality. Leafy swards comprising of at least 70% ryegrass varieties are key to a top quality ...

Managing grazing and minding your soil.

The months of July and August saw a combined rainfall of 230mm in the North East of the country. This, together with lower levels of sunlight hours, has led to soil temperatures falling to an average ...

Sustainable Soil Fertility Programme

We are all continuously reading and hearing, more and more, over the last 2-3 years the narrative around Irish farming needing to reduce its’ environmental footprint. However on Wednesday, 9th ...

Focus on feed quality.

It is estimated that feed accounts for 70% of variable costs for beef cattle production. Efficient feeding will have a positive effect on the productivity and overall profitability of beef ...

Winter Oilseed Rape OSR

Why OSR ? This year’s tillage harvest is well underway and many farmers have found huge variations in yield with one of the main differences being continuous versus first year cereal . In ...

Feeding minerals to cows before calving

Enuring cows are fed minerals and vitamins in the run-up to calving is vital for both cow and calf health. Farmers should consider feeding Minerals at least six weeks pre-calving to ...

Spreading potassium (K) this Autumn.

Spreading K at this time of the year is often the most efficient method of application as it will be best used. If K is applied in spring there is a danger of it not getting into the soil before it ...

Wildflowers

Wildflowers provide a green space for fauna and flora whilst also being visually pleasing. A wildflower meadow is an area of permanent grass where wildflowers grow – usually on poorer soils or ...

GETTING EWE NUTRITION RIGHT IN THE PRE-LAMBING PERIOD

Getting ewe nutrition right at this critical time will help ensure ewes are in good body condition; will have good colostrum quality; and good milk yield, resulting in strong & hardy lambs ...

Suckler calf management at weaning: How can farmers optimise efficiency?

Weaning stress has an adverse effect on the immune system, making calves more susceptible to disease, particularly pneumonia. It is often compounded by other husbandry practices occurring at the same ...

Multi species swards

Multi species swards continue to be a hot topic amongst dairy, beef and sheep producers but what is a multi species sward?? The definition of multi-species, is a mixture made up of of two or more ...

DRY COW MANAGEMENT

Most spring calving herds were dried off in December. Plan to have a minimum 6 to 8 week dry period in order to maximise udder health and to have cows in good order ie: to correct cow body condition ...

Autumn Planting

After what turned out to be a difficult harvest, harvest 2020 is almost complete with the exception of the remaining bean crop still to be harvested. Farmer’s attention will now turn to ...

Drive your Animals Performance this Autumn with Drummonds Feeds

From mid-June to late October, a substantial number of beef cattle will be slaughtered off grass. Slaughtering cattle at this time of year has a number of advantages including lower cost of ...

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