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Boost Milk Yield & Profitability with Rumen-Protected Amino Acids
This outlook highlights the growing importance of rumen-protected amino acids (RPAAs) in modern dairy nutrition. Advances in genetics have increased…
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Mycotoxins in Maize: What You Need to Know This Season
Maize silage is an excellent forage for dairy cows – highly palatable and delivers energy whilst supporting rumen health. But,…
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Mycotoxins In Maize
Maize can be an excellent forage for dairy cows. It is high in energy, while slowly fermentable and containing enough…
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Are cows still heat stressed?
While our unseasonably warm spring has been enjoyable and offered excellent ground conditions for the beginning of the season, there…
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Plan Ahead for Winter – Protect Forage with Proven Solutions
Following an unusually dry spring and slower than expected grass growth, many farms are already dipping into silage reserves. Now…
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Milking Your Milk Contract
By Anna Millar, Ruminant Technical Manager, Trident MicroNutri With the recent shifts among dairy processors to different milk payment options,…
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Getting ahead this season: maximise silage potential
With silage season here, it’s time to prepare for top quality forage production. Planning is key – from slurry and…
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Top Tips for Turnout
By Anna Millar, Ruminant Technical Manager, Trident MicroNutri Many dairy farmers are currently taking the welcome opportunity to turn cows…
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How Maximising Litres Can Affect Gut Health
By Anna Millar, Ruminant Technical Manager, Trident MicroNutri With the current favourable milk to feed price ratio, it seems there…
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Spring Calving: Optimising Dairy Cow Transition for Better Health & Performance
Supporting the Spring Calving Dairy Cow The transition period, spanning three weeks before and three week after calving, is critical…
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Helping assess feed quality to optimise animal performance and profitability
With dairy producer margins under ever increasing pressure, a focus on feed efficiencies and making the most out of home-grown…
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Supporting gut health, productivity and profitability
Gut health is a crucial factor affecting the health and performance of dairy cows, and is therefore key to farm…
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Increasing dairy productivity and boosting sustainability with forage pre-treatment
Northern Ireland dairy unit making most out of homegrown forage after seeing jump in yields by pre-treating rations Taking a…