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March Checklist 2024

March Checklist 2024

This month’s checklist covers: Defra Approved Disinfectant List Prepare for Changes in Minimum Wages Timely Tips Farm Focus Farm Equipment and Technolo...

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Slurry Storage Rules & Regulations Dairy Insight

Slurry Storage Rules & Regulations Dairy Insight

Fulfilling legal requirements for sufficient slurry storage could facilitate better use of farm nutrients, which could benefit both the environment, and your back pocket....

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Easy Wins with SFI (2023)

Easy Wins with SFI (2023)

Are you interested in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), but don’t want to be tied to too many management options? This Dairy Insight demonstrates on how to keep...

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Sugars in The Dairy Cow Diet

Sugars in The Dairy Cow Diet

How much sugar is being delivered by your herd’s ration? Most UK winter diets are falling well below the target 6 to 8% sugar in the total diet dry matter, meaning ther...

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February Checklist

February Checklist

This month’s checklist covers: Schmallenberg Virus Get the Most Out of Your Grazing this Season Farm Focus – Limiting factors Slurry Infrastructure Gran...

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Simple Parlour Checks Dairy Insight

Simple Parlour Checks Dairy Insight

Are cows fidgeting during milking? Are liners slipping? Do you have a lot of ‘slow milkers’? It’s these types of observations that should form part of everyday parl...

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Planning Your Business Strategy Workbook

Planning Your Business Strategy Workbook

Having a well-defined vision and focus can provide a roadmap for business success, enhance decision-making, and foster resilience in the face of challenges. Involving the...

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Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance in Calves with Orego-Stim Research Insight

Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance in Calves with Orego-Stim Research Insight

This Research Insight explores the research behind Orego- Stim a 100% natural, phytogenic product which can reduce anti-microbial resistance in waste milk for calves. Th...

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Lameness Part 3: Prevention

Lameness Part 3: Prevention

This publication is the third in the series of three Dairy Insight publications exploring lameness in dairy cows. Lameness in dairy herds remains one of the biggest hea...

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Scours Prevention in the Neonatal Calf

Scours Prevention in the Neonatal Calf

All farmers should take scours prevention seriously considering it accounts for more than half of calf deaths in the UK and is preventable through good hygiene and immuni...

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Cattle Health Certification Schemes

Cattle Health Certification Schemes

Cattle health schemes are designed to help farms monitor and eliminate the six most important endemic diseases, which are prevalent in the UK and are costing many thousan...

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Impacting Your Carbon Footprint - Feed & Forage Dairy Insight

Impacting Your Carbon Footprint - Feed & Forage Dairy Insight

Have you ever considered the impact of forage quality or compound feed on the overall carbon footprint per kg FPCM (Fat and Protein Corrected Milk)? It may be larger tha...

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