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Summary of the Crecora Dairy Seminar 5th Feb 2014

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My thanks to Des Cronin from Inform Nutrition and all the delegates who braved the inclement weather to attend last night. We had a very informative talk on cow nutrition, cow health and how to boost her productivity economically. Des has been working for Inform Nutrition in Cork for 18 years...
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Summary of Listowel Dairy Seminar

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Following on from the Dairy Seminar hosted by O’Connell mills and held in Listowel last night here is a brief summary on the topics discussed. Morgan Sheehy from Devenish Nutrition spoke about his 3 legged stool concept for Irish farmers. The three legs of the stool are, Farm Management, Animal Health...
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Summary of Castlemahon Dairy Seminar

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Thanks to all that attended the dairy seminar in Newcastlewest last night. It was an informative discussion on Dairy nutrition, maximising fodder and feed and the future of dairy in 2015. The main take home points that were made are that Dry matter Intake  (DMI) drives production in the Dairy...
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Ideas for this week: Feed bin maintenence

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It may sound like a simple thing but from my trips to farmers yards all over the country one thing stands out in every bin I have seen. There is no way to physically get into the bin to clean it out properly and safely. This leads to the eventual...
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Longevity in the herd (article from Farming Independent

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Dr Dan Ryan                                     – 14 January 2014                     The calving programme for most spring calving herds will begin this week. Many farmers look forward to the first cows calving and starting up in the milking parlour. The inevitable early arrival associated with a premature calving or a cow having twins...
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Ideas for this week: Calving preparation

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For those of you that are not quite ready yet it might be an idea to have a look at the calving situation on your farm. Are the calving facilities cleaned, disinfected and ready for action? Most vets agree that the first few calves through the calving facilities every year...
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Farming Independant Calving article

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Charles Chavasse – 14 January 2014 For a cow to have a long and productive life, good health during the first few weeks on the farm are essential. In recent years there has been much research to show that animals that remain disease-free grow faster and reach target weights for...
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New Year, new possibilities!!

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2014 is upon us and with it brings a whole new year and lots of new opportunities. I find it is a great time to look back on the previous year and see what has gone well and also what did not go well in the farm business. What would...
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Happy New Year

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Happy New Year to all our customers and we hope 2014 brings us all a prosperous year....
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Feed Price reductions

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Good news again from John O’Connell Feeds that we can announce price reductions across our range of feeds for October. thank fully our suppliers have passed down some of the reduction in world market prices and we are eager to pass them on to our customers. We still have the...
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