Author Archives: Amy Ford
Coping with lamb price rollercoaster by investing in flock fertility
Significant financial bounty from raising ewe productivity The way you sheep farmers cope with the [...]
Avoid turn-out trace element gap in ewes to ‘make hay while sun shines’ on lamb values
Turn-out from the lambing shed can put ewes at risk of a performance limiting Trace [...]
Northern Ireland avoid trace element gap in ewes to stay one step ahead
After lambing, ewes can be at risk of a performance limiting Trace Element Gap due [...]
Ireland avoid turn-out trace element gap in ewes to stay one step ahead
Ewes can be at risk of a performance limiting Trace Element Gap due to change [...]
Beware vitamin ‘go faster stripes’ in ruminant mineral supplements
Sheep farmers are advised to be wary of misleading ‘go faster stripes’ on supplements for [...]
Suckler cows, calves and ewes all repay help on late summer grass
Whether scarce or plentiful, summer and autumn grazing’s nutritional value can be deceptive. This is [...]
“Why guess when you can be sure?”
This was said not by a slick marketing consultant but youngstock manager Howard Stokes to [...]
Stronger calves, better recovery from calving, higher fertility
Since introducing ‘trickle charge’ trace element boluses five years ago [in 2016], these are the [...]
DIY farm trial shows clear gains from trace elements while housed
“They help cattle make better use of what they eat” This was said not by [...]
High calcium capsule targets post-calving problems
A rapid onset, steady release, high calcium oral capsule for dairy cows to reduce the [...]
