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Fertility Booster can save you money!

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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...
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Spring Grazing effects on Grass production

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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...
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Dutch Indoor Dairy Production. How do they do it??

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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...
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World Soya prices hit a 2 month high

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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...
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Latest Storm Update

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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...
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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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