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We have all heard about acidosis in beef and dairy cows and the negative effects it can have on animal health. The negative effects of acidosis are reduced intake, problems with feet, reduced milk yields/ milk solids and lower weight gain in beef cattle. These are some serious problems so what...

Its unfortunate that in the last few days we have been contacted by farmers with problems at calving and after. From retained placentas, loss of condition coughing up cuds and weak cows these problems are starting to stack up and cost farmers dearly. We had signalled these problems as far back as...

Here at Crecora Mills we value our customers and see it as our job to help and inform them as best we can. With this in mind we ran another of our Dairy seminars in Adare recently. Des Cronin, who is a well known and respected head nutritionist at Inform...

Here at Crecora Mills we pride ourselves on solving and preventing problems for our customers before they happen. With this in mind we have formulated our new Smartcalver feed. Available in both a ration and nut form we believe it can help to provide the nutrition necessary for our valuable cows...

  Myth 3 is “The only way to grow is through expansion”   The last in this series of articles is about the hot topic of Dairy Expansion and Herd numbers. WARNING! I’m going to ask some hard questions about our approach to farming so this is not for the faint...