The cost of concentrates is approximately 8.5 pence sterling per litre of milk sold from 1 farm in the North of Ireland. Calving patterns in the north of Ireland are non-seasonal. Flat rate feeding of cows results in a disproportionate supply of concentrate requirements between fresh and stale cows. This results in feed to yield […]
Read MoreVisited a client in County Cork who presented a herd of dairy cows and maiden heifers for scanning. The overall reproductive performance in the dairy herd was average for those herds scanned to date this year. However, the reproductive performance of the maiden heifers was very poor. Of 21 heifers scanned, the pregnancy rate to […]
Read MoreVisited a client in County Cork who presented a group of cows and heifers. Pregnancy rates were 50% in his dairy cows and close to 30% in his maiden heifers. Scanning revealed that the structures of the uterine horns were not normal in a number of the maiden heifers not confirmed pregnant. This condition has […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit in County Kerry cows were at least half a body score below their target for the stage of lactation. Scanning revealed an association with abnormal structure of the uterine horns. A high incidence of embryonic death occurred on this farm.
Read MoreWe scanned a cow with triplets on a farm visit in Co. Armagh. The cow was 77 days pregnant. She had 2 pregnancies in the 1 uterine horn and 1 pregnancy in the other uterine horn. I managed to sex the pregnancies, with there being 2 females and 1 male with a 98% probability that […]
Read MoreOn a monthly farm visit we scanned a dairy herd in Co. Derry. They have used zero grazing throughout the wet summer to achieve maximum intakes from harvested chopped grass drawn in on a daily basis. The key here in their opinion is keeping fresh chopped grass in front of the cows on a daily […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit in Co. Derry. I noted a dramatic improvement in body condition score and reproductive health, from a previous visit 8 weeks ago. An investigation after the last visit revealed mycotoxin contamination of forages fed to the cows. Unfortunately insufficient consideration is given to this issue and its impact on human health […]
Read MoreVisited a dairy farmer in Co. Wicklow to scan a herd of Holstein dairy cows. We had visited this client 3 months previously, and diagnosed a cow carrying triplets. The client subsequently, terminated the pregnancy on the basis of the risk to the health of the cow. The client was shocked when I scanned the […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit outside Kilworth, Co. Cork, we scanned a herd of dairy cows and a batch of 30 maiden heifers which were running with a Jersey stock bull. I knew from the beginning that this bull was dangerous because of his behaviour. This issue was agreed on by the client who was in […]
Read MoreIn farm visits in West Cork, a client informed me that their plans to upgrade farm buildings and expand have been put on hold because of the very poor financial position pertaining this year with milk price and weather combining in very poor returns for the dairy industry.
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