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April 2022
In this issue:
Your milk is in demand!
Prevention rather than cure is the key to lameness success
Thoughts on lamb finishing for the 2022 season
February 2022
In this issue:
Monitoring the mineral status of your forages
Beethoven or Bieber?
Improve your pre-weened calf growth rate by 40%
December 2021
In this issue:
Forage update – Fertilizer options
A typical day in the life of the CMC Ruminant Focus Team Member, Sarah Cann
Positive action across the dairy sector
Feed Commodity Overview Nov 2021
October 2021
In this issue:
To be, or not to be Now is the winter of our discontent…blah blah blah!
Desert to Devon: Parallelsin Milk Production
Organic Manures –what you can and can’t do
August 2021
In this issue:
Price prospects dip as market sentiment falls
Cow shed ventilation – fit for purpose, or is it time for a re-think?
Can too much calcium be a problem?
June 2021
In this issue:
Preparing for the possibility of the 6 D’s
When is a heifer not a heifer… at the end of her first lactation?
Feeding ground straw for greater rumen heath and development
Tackling Red Mite
April 2021
In this issue:
The importance of good gut health
Market soars, but will milk prices hit 30p?
Old girls- saying goodbye to some of the delivery fleet
Importance of reducing Lameness ‘you can’t manage what you don’t measure’
February 2021
In this issue:
The Pandemic has not stopped the future farmers!
Feeding Ewes post lambing
How different factors influence egg size
Colostrum Management – ‘Are you doing enough?’
December 2020
In this issue:
What effect has COVID 19 had on the poultry market?
Driving Milk Proteins and More
Navigating the fiscal minefield
Raw material overview
October 2020
In this issue:
What influences egg shell quality?
Fibre processing – unlocking the true potential
Crediton to top the milk price league table?
CMC – More than just feed!
August 2020
In this issue:
Focus on Re-seeding
Pre mowing – a useful tool?
Is Dairy Beef Robbing the profit from your Dairy farm?
February 2019
In this issue:
Fertility…Boom or Bust?
Why installing ramps can ease stress on new arrivals to aviaries
Picking the right Fertility Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Maximising use of Organic Manures
New Grass Seed partnership at CMC
August 2019
In this issue:
If you can’t stand the heat, your cows definitely can’t!
Reseeding – worthwhile or not?
June 2019
In this issue:
Creep feeding cattle and summer feeding
Spotty liver – typically this used to be a summer disease
Summer Grazing – let the challenge begin
Mobility scoring and condition scoring
Royal cornwall show
April 2019
In this issue:
How well do you manage your young stock?
Buffer Feeding at Grass