The inquisitive nature of calves can be used to drive performance rates in the period from birth to weaning, according to an ...

As a vet working with dairy and beef farms, one of the most common questions I am asked is: “Do we need to make a big change to improve our calf health?” When performance is slipping, whether because ...

The Animal Health Ireland, in conjunction with Teagasc’s DairyBeef500 Programme, CalfCare events will take place this December and January ...

Calves are an important component in a herd especially in a dairy farm looking forward to a sustained milk production as the old stock is culled off. Disturbed calf growth due to diseases and poor ...

We are halfway through calving already on the farm; it is wild how quickly it passes after such a build-up. I had an interesting week as Philip Boucher Hayes came to visit the farm to discuss how calf ...

DESPITE low milk prices and the temptation to cut costs, dairy farmers are being urged to maintain best practise calf rearing. Dr Michael Marsden, head of technical at Trident Feeds, said that during ...

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Three experiments during 1963-65 inclusive compared the effects of age at putting out to pasture on the performance of spring-born calves. Responses of calves to meal feeding at pasture and the ...

A CRACKING show of rearing calves with an impressive high of £960 started off CCM Skipton's Christmas show season on Monday ...