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Dairy Farmers Celebrate Success of Meeting the Challenge - November 2007
Thirty eight farmers were recently awarded BTEC Diplomas for the Grass Challenge and Dairy Herd Fertility Challenge programmes ...
Thirty eight farmers were recently awarded BTEC Diplomas for the Grass Challenge and Dairy Herd Fertility Challenge programmes ...
Feed Intakes of the Greenmount Campus Future Herd - November 2007
Achieving high feed intakes in early lactation is critical to the management of the high yielding dairy cow ...
Achieving high feed intakes in early lactation is critical to the management of the high yielding dairy cow ...
Getting The Most From Your Silage - October 2007
The upcoming winter will provide dairy farmers with a number of feeding challenges due to rising concentrate prices and variable silage quality...
The upcoming winter will provide dairy farmers with a number of feeding challenges due to rising concentrate prices and variable silage quality...
Trailing Shoe Slurry Spreading Demonstrations - July 2007
Demonstrations of Trailing Shoe Slurry Spreading systems have been held at venues across Northern Ireland over the past two months ...
Demonstrations of Trailing Shoe Slurry Spreading systems have been held at venues across Northern Ireland over the past two months ...
Benchmarking herd fertility performance - July 2007
CAFRE has published the first results from Fertility Benchmarking Online based on the fertility performance of 90 herds from across Northern Ireland ...
CAFRE has published the first results from Fertility Benchmarking Online based on the fertility performance of 90 herds from across Northern Ireland ...
The role of clover on dairy farms - July 2007
In the current climate all forage based livestock producers should at least take time to consider the relevance of clover to their system of production ...
In the current climate all forage based livestock producers should at least take time to consider the relevance of clover to their system of production ...
How important is the timing of AI? - May 2007
Many farmers who use artificial insemination, whether conducted by a professional inseminator or DIY, wonder what is the best time for insemination to get the highest conception rates ...
Many farmers who use artificial insemination, whether conducted by a professional inseminator or DIY, wonder what is the best time for insemination to get the highest conception rates ...
Trailing Shoe Slurry Spreading at Greenmount - May 2007
Slurry from housed livestock in N. Ireland has a fertilizer value of £20 million ...
Slurry from housed livestock in N. Ireland has a fertilizer value of £20 million ...
April silage in North Armagh - May 2007
Patrick Lavery Derryvore Lane Portadown and Wallace McAdam Greenisland Road Portadown have been making use of the excellent grazing conditions ...
Patrick Lavery Derryvore Lane Portadown and Wallace McAdam Greenisland Road Portadown have been making use of the excellent grazing conditions ...
Silage swards maturing rapidly – prepare for an early harvest - May 2007
Gareth Smyth inspects a sward of hybrid ryegrass with local CAFRE Dairying Adviser William McCulloch ...
Gareth Smyth inspects a sward of hybrid ryegrass with local CAFRE Dairying Adviser William McCulloch ...
Lameness prevention on dairy farms - February 2007
Lameness is a major financial loss on many dairy farm ...
Lameness is a major financial loss on many dairy farm ...
Disease Prevention in Spring Born Calves - February 2007
Calf rearing is an important job on the dairy farm ...
Calf rearing is an important job on the dairy farm ...
Reducing Somatic Cell Counts - January 2007
Considerable success has been achieved in reducing the Somatic Cell Counts (SCCs) in bulk milk samples in previous years in Northern Ireland ...
Considerable success has been achieved in reducing the Somatic Cell Counts (SCCs) in bulk milk samples in previous years in Northern Ireland ...