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When ketosis reduces a dairy cow's peak milk production, it negatively impacts the entire lactation period. Learn four management tips to help cows maintain performance during the transition period.

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The impact of TB in Northern Ireland. "The evening before the cows went, my five-year old son in the house asked me...'What field are the cows going to tomorrow?' It would absolutely break you to try and tell him..." Visit: ufuni.org/blog/the-impac…

Just myself from Thompsons and vet Joy Crawford co authoring the latest feature article for CowManagement …who would have thought heat stress could still be a factor in September 🤷‍♀️

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Calling all farmers❗📣 The UFU is urging farmers to contact their local MLAs and councillors, particularly those MLAs (pictured below👇) who voted to support targets that are not based on expert advice and have no analysis behind them.

Good nutrition is the foundation of a healthy immune function and is important to get the best response from your herd vaccination programs. Nutrition must balance energy, protein, trace minerals & vitamins for the correct stage of life and production to support immune responses

Herd health has a direct impact on farm emissions. Health improvements can increase milk yield meaning fewer cattle are needed for the same level of production, lowering farm emissions CIELivestock #veterinary #farming

- As well as preserving more of the #silage DM, the rapid homofermentative fermentation from the MTD/1 bacteria in Ecosyl also preserved more sugar - The activity of undesirable bacteria in the untreated silage significantly reduced silage sugar content #ConsistentlyBetterSilage

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'The price of inputs has increased dramatically...we haven't got nearly enough food for the incoming season.' GB News' Dougie Beattie is in Northern Ireland speaking to farmer Sam Hannah to find out how energy prices are impacting farming.

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Thanks to Adam Conn Riada Vets for coauthoring the latest Thompsons feature article for Rachael Porter

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