Visited a client outside Milford, Co. Cork who presented a dairy herd plus maiden heifers which had been ai’d and were running with a stock bull. He planned to export these heifers as part of a consignment to Russia. Criteria for supplying these heifers for export are, one where the herd has to be free […]
Read MoreOn farm visits to dairy farmers outside Ballyferritear, Co. Kerry revealed a high incidence of late embryonic death. When embryonic death occurs after 25 days it increases the length of the eostrus cycle. However one farmer expressed his delight by the scanning service, whereby his cows are given extra opportunity to settle back in calf.
Read MoreWe visited 10 dairy farms throughout, Co. Kerry where pregnancy rates for cows served between 20 and 90 days ranged between 44% and 89%. Malnutrition for cows running on high milk production units was encountered on some units. This was in my opinion a main contributor factor with poor fertility. In one farm a British […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit to a client in County Limerick. All reproductive data was collected by us for the client. All animals scanned were recorded for retrospective measuring of cows that were in calf. A vet was reading a T.B. test while we were scanning the herd he identified 4 reactors. Fortunately, we had recorded […]
Read MoreA client contacted me following the scan of his cows in West Cork. We identified a number of cases of foetal death where we aged death of foetuses between 40 and 45 days. The farmer identified on the basis of A.I. dates that foetal death occurred 14 days prior to the date of scanning. A […]
Read MoreA noted feature of the farm visits in East Waterford and North Cork was the high incidence of late embryonic mortality between 35 and 60 days. This was compounded by a high incidence among cows carrying twins. This in my opinion is associated with the harsh weather conditions for the past six weeks. Dry matter […]
Read MorePanic seems to have set in at this stage where farmers want to conserve silage in all weathers. The culmination of rainfall in the past 6 weeks and heavy thunder showers in the day have left ground conditions in an awful state. Panic has set in at this stage. Silage is being conserved in driving […]
Read MoreOn a farm visit outside, Knocklong, Co. Limerick. A lorry driver collecting milk from dairy farmers stated that milk volume is back 10% on this time last year. Even though stock numbers have increased this is in anticipation of quota freeing up post 2015.Wet weather has now resulted in dairy cows being rehoused. We have […]
Read MoreVisited a suckler farmer with 160 cows outside Downpatrick, Co. Down. The breakdown with T.B. resulted in the loss of over 60 cows. He purchased a group of 50 replacements called “stabilisers”. This is a breed generated from 4 breeds of cattle including Simmental, Hereford, Gelbvieh, and Red Angus. They are docile and reputably excellent […]
Read MoreThere is excellent management in a dairy farm in Co. Wicklow. I had the pleasure of visiting a dairy farm outside Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow to scan a herd of dairy cows. This farm has excellent handling facilities, which were aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and cow comfort was a priority in the production system. This […]
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