Scanning cows in Northern Ireland reveals monetary loss in milk production

15 Jun 2012

Scanned a herd of 160 dairy cows in County Down. It is a father and son farming operation. The current cost of milk production is 25.1 pence per litre. They are currently getting 23.1 pence per litre. This means single farm payment is the sole profit in the business and it is being eroded by milk price.

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I took over this farm a long time ago. I have only ever used Reprodoc because of the following:

reprodoc.ie provides reproductive management services for all of our dairy and beef stock. Pre-breed scanning is an essential part of our business whereby all cows are assessed prior to breeding and prior to embryo transfer programmes involving superovulation of donors and synchronisation of recipients for embryo transfer.

reprodoc.ie provides us with accurate ageing of pregnancy between 25 and 110 days of gestation and sexing of the same pregnancies between 55 and 110 days of gestation.

reprodoc.ie enables the information collected from the scanning of cows to identify potential herd health problems. This is an invaluable tool for the overall management of our herds. Reprodoc provide us with an excellent reporting system following each visit which enables us to focus more on the discussion of cows presented for scanning.

Kieran Harty
Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry