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16th November 2022
Dr Dan and Aileen Ryan hosted a celebration dinner for Annette Creagh to mark her upcoming wedding. Annette has been working...Read More »
Social isolation in rural Ireland caused in association with Covid-19.
18th March 2020
On farm calls in counties, Leitrim, Longford and Monaghan today reveal the problems associated with social isolation. Social...Read More »
COVID-19 will place a value on food security in the future from our beef and dairy farms.
10th March 2020
The current outbreak panning into a pandemic globally associated with COVID-19 has shown the implications of failure to place...Read More »
Six-week extension in the winter housing period causing significant herd health problems in County Kerry.
10th March 2020
Farm visits today in County Kerry revealed farmers severely stressed with the inability to cope with the optimization of herd...Read More »
Early post calving womb infections will decrease both milk production and the chances of getting your cows back in calf.
6th March 2020
• Your dairy herd now entering the second phase of the calving season. These cows will form the late calving batch...Read More »
Milk recording will become a mandatory process for purposes of milk sales in conjunction with antibiotic usage for dry cow therapy
2nd March 2020
On farm calls in Derry today, farmers are faced with a situation where milk recording was not an issue in the past but...Read More »
Rearing calves using cow’s milk with inbuilt pasteurization to protect against risk of Johne’s disease.
2nd March 2020
On a farm visit with Ian and Brian Thompson in Coolmore, Derry. This dairy farm has invested in a milk feeding system using...Read More »
Housing environment – an integral feature of heifers coming out of puberty.
27th February 2020
On a farm call outside Listowel today, farmer presented two batches of heifers which had been split when they went in...Read More »
Cows scanned pregnant carrying twins can often mummify one of the calves and a single calf can be born.
27th February 2020
The photograph enclosed is the mummified foetus born co twin to Friesian heifer calf. Smart scan previously identified...Read More »
Herd health problems increase dramatically in spring calving herds as cows have to be housed for extended period after calving.
26th February 2020
Farm visits in county Cork and Limerick today reveal that farmers are unable to milk cows outdoors because of poor...Read More »