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  In this series of articles I’d like to go into detail about the three greatest myths in animal nutrition that I deal with on a daily basis. Using my own experience as part of the Crecora Mills Animal Nutrition team and from other nutritionists based both in this country and...

In this series of articles I’d like to go into detail about the three greatest myths in animal nutrition that I deal with on a daily basis. Using my own experience as part of the Crecora Mills Animal Nutrition team and from other nutritionists based both in this country and abroad...

This product has been specially formulated using our experience from last years very successful Dairy Maize to Graze nut. The first five ingredients are 30% Maize, Beetpulp, Soya Hulls Barley and HiPro Soya. It also contains a Rumen Buffer agent, Active yeast and our special and very successful fertility mineral...

Milk Protein and butterfats are a huge part of the milk cheque revenue and will become even more important into the future. The basics on Milk Protein and its production is that it requires energy to make it. Genetics in the cow are important but if you do not feed...

I’ve been able to spend some time travelling to some of our customers farms in the last few days and from talking to many of our customers and representatives we have pieced together a general on-farm report for April 1st 2014. Dairy cow report. In general all cows were well...

Our range of Fertility booster Dairy feeds has proven to be very effective on saving our customers money. Using our practical experience and in consultation with our nutritional advisors we can offer a fertility booster mineral pack on our Dairy feeds in 2014. Those of you that experienced the positive...

The weather looks to be improving after the long spell of wet and cold weather. For the near future at least the outlook is for good drier weather with a decent amount of wind which should help drying conditions. There is a lot of pressure on farmers now to get...

I recently had the opportunity to visit a Dutch dairy farm. I found it quite eye opening to see how the Dutch method of Dairying compares with the Irish method. The first thing that strikes anyone visiting rural Holland is the lack of cows in the fields. The land there...

The following Financial Times article highlights the challenges that we face on a day to day basis to get the best value for our customers. With Soya prices continuing to rise and bringing the price of feed protein up with it, we at O’Connell Milling are working hard sourcing quality...

The latest information is that todays forecasted storm will not be as severe as Wednesdays storm Darwin. However there is a lot of rain forecast for today and tonight along with very cold temperatures leading to sleet, hail and snow in places. Please Make sure your buildings and animals are...