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Supplemental feeding for ewes in late pregnancy

David Small
poultry specialist
Sunday 01 Dec 2024

Supplemental feeding is crucial in late pregnancy to support the ewe’s rising nutritional needs, the rapid growth of lambs, udder development and the production of colostrum.

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Trial into feeding larvae on farm

David Hope
poultry specialist
Sunday 01 Dec 2024

A customer is taking part in a trial feeding larvae to one house of birds and comparing the outcomes to the sister flock on the same farm, acting as a control group.

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Controlling the Controllables...

Dr. Karen Wonnacott
ruminant specialist
Tuesday 01 Oct 2024

Well, what a strange weather year this is turning out to be?!
Some of you are saying that you have had one of your best grass years and others of you are saying that the rain never seems to have stopped falling from the sky?! One of the main reasons that we all love agriculture is that no two days, seasons or farms are the same. At a time where we are seeing fluctuating markets, challenging harvesting windows, high costs, what can we hope to achieve by 'controlling the controllables'?

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Focus on shell quality

Will White
poultry specialist
Tuesday 01 Oct 2024

Egg shell quality is mostly influenced before the egg is laid. The thickness of the shell is directly related to the time the egg spends in the shell gland—generally, the longer it remains in the gland, the thicker the shell will be. This means that eggs laid earlier in the day tend to have thicker shells compared to those laid later.

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Is flushing an old-fashioned approach?

David Small
poultry specialist
Tuesday 01 Oct 2024

Flushing ewes, which involves increasing their feed before and during tupping to improve ovulation, has been a common practice for many years. However, with advancements in sheep management, grazing strategies, and modern techniques like sponging, using teaser rams, and selecting fertile tups, flushing may be becoming less necessary.

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The real story for livestock farmers

Mark Tucker
forage specialist
Tuesday 01 Oct 2024

Focus: Improving Soil Management

For livestock farmers, soil management is often overlooked in favour of more immediate concerns like animal health and feed supply. There seems to be a misconception that the soil will grow crops regardless how its farmed.

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Autumn reseed: should we really mean August reseeds?

Mark Tucker
forage specialist
Thursday 01 Aug 2024

As summer comes (all three days of it) and goes the farming calendar turns to autumn, and thought turn to reseeding, be it after cereals, grass or maize crops. However, there is a growing consensus that August may be a more strategic time for this task (maybe not for maize but you get my drift).

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Biosecurity in free-range poultry units

Thursday 01 Aug 2024

Biosecurity is the foremost line of defence against infectious diseases in commercial poultry, sometimes being the only safeguard, as with Avian Influenza.

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Fuel the Rumen First™ with Zinpro® IsoFerm®

Matt Rance
ruminant specialist
Thursday 01 Aug 2024

Protein supplementation represents a significant expense in dairy rations. Unfortunately, dairy cattle struggle to efficiently convert feed nitrogen into milk and metabolizable protein.

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Using Total LWG

Matt Holmes
ruminant specialist
Thursday 01 Aug 2024

In beef production, effective monitoring is essential for optimising efficiency and profitability. One of the most insightful metrics for gauging productivity is the kilograms of liveweight produced per day on the farm.

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