June 27, 2022
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Livestock
June 27, 2022
Badger vaccination underway
June 6, 2022
Breedr launches sheep recording app
Sheep and beef producers can now record their livestock data in one place, helping to improve farm management, compliance and efficiencies.
April 29, 2022
Lessons learned from lambing 2022
Proactive measures for next year.
April 12, 2022
Think 50p for milk to turn around volumes
Milk prices may well be at or over 40p for many producers, but if processors want to reverse the drop in milk volumes compared to last year and the medium-term average, another 5 to 10p…
April 5, 2022
Understand the impact of Schmallenberg virus on lambs
Survey launched to understand impact of the rise in Schmallenberg virus on 2022 lambing season.
April 5, 2022
High quality grass silage stacks up
With good grass silage value rising to £60 a tonne (and maybe even higher) dairy farmers can’t afford to make mediocre quality silage this season
March 29, 2022
Fly control in your animals
By Sarah O’Reilly, Westpoint Farm Vets.
February 15, 2022
Vaccinate calves against lungworm before turnout
Giving first season grazing calves a lungworm vaccine before turnout will protect them against potentially lethal disease.
February 15, 2022
Administer quarantine worming dose to all incoming sheep
Sheep farmers are being advised that all incoming stock, including sheep returning from winter grazing, should be quarantined and dosed with one of the newer wormer groups (eg Grp 4 Zolvix) to prevent resistant worms…
February 7, 2022
Take action to prevent Leptospirosis
Farmers are being urged to protect herds against leptospirosis ahead of spring turnout, to reduce the risk of costly production and fertility losses.
