Contents tagged with feeding

Water management for dairy cows

6 August 2025

Water management for dairy cows

Quality and quantity of water is critically important to dairy cow performance, making management of water supplies essential.
Formulating dairy diets

6 August 2025

Formulating dairy diets

Utilise the feeds available to meet the daily nutrient requirements of cows within their available intake capacities.
Rationing essentials for dairy diets

6 August 2025

Rationing essentials for dairy diets

Successful rationing involves achieving the best possible balance between a number of key nutritional, practical and financial factors.
Managing dry cow feeding

26 November 2020

Managing dry cow feeding

Dry cow feeding influences the cow’s immune status and her ability to remain free from mastitis infections.
A strategy to reduce crude protein levels within dairy cow diets without compromising performance, health, welfare or fertility

26 November 2021

A strategy to reduce crude protein levels within dairy cow diets without compromising performance, health, welfare or fertility

A strategy to reduce crude protein levels within dairy cow diets without compromising performance health welfare or fertility
Improved diet formulation and feeding systems for dairy cows

26 November 2021

Improved diet formulation and feeding systems for dairy cows

Improved diet formulation and feeding systems for dairy cows
Feeding dairy cows

6 August 2025

Feeding dairy cows

Optimising nutrition in dairy cow diets.
Meeting to tackle feeding high yielding herds

21 November 2018

Meeting to tackle feeding high yielding herds

Tailoring the diet of a high yielding cow to maximise both health and productivity will be the focus on the next meeting of the Strategic Dairy Farm based in Lanarkshire on 4 December.
Feed and forage calculator

21 November 2025

Feed and forage calculator

Use the conserved forage requirements and stocks calculator to calculate feed demand.
Improving ewe nutrition

21 March 2024

Improving ewe nutrition

Good ewe nutrition is vital for successful flock performance. The feed requirements of ewes vary significantly depending on their stage of production and feeding regimes must take account of this. This manual looks at all the elements of ewe feeding and incorporates the latest thinking on this topic
Better Returns from pure dairy bred male calves

25 October 2018

Better Returns from pure dairy bred male calves

With careful management, surplus pure dairy-bred male calves can be a useful option for beef farmers looking to source additional animals to rear and finish. This manual gives an overview of how to produce good quality beef from surplus male dairy calves

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