Technical Information: Cows and Beef Cattle

The benefits of Actisaf in dairy cows

The increasing prevalence of automated, or robotic, milking systems is leading to a new challenge in dairy cow nutrition.

24 months of age is now widely regarded as being the optimum age for heifers to calve down and enter the milking herd. There is substantial evidence showing that there are major financial, as well as productive, benefits in terms of lifetime milk yield to be gained by calving heifers earlier.

Inadequate dry cow nutrition and poor management during transition can prove detrimental to the production and fertility performance of your herd. Yet herd owners and managers can implement key nutritional strategies towards the end of lactation and during the dry period that will ensure a smooth tr...

As we approach the winter feeding period
 it is looking like an uncertain few months ahead for UK and Irish dairy farmers. Global influences seem to be exerting downward pressure on milk prices, although the feed market is falling due to the adequate global supply of cereals and proteins, which is, ...

For an increasing number of farmers in the UK, the price paid for a litre of milk will be determined by the percentage of milk fat and protein contained within each litre. This article looks at the factors that affect yield of fat and protein and how they can be influenced through the diet and throu...