Stunning parthenaise herd with some blonde breeding will be tested, scanned and dosed next Wednesday. All for sale privately the following week. Message me if you are interested.

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One of the very best suckler farms I visit is Harry Duffy, Inniskeen. He’s selling 12 maiden limousine heifers around 18 to 20 months this Saturday in Ballybay.

Twin bulls born. First twins of the season

Webinar on kexxtone boluses at 12 midday to 1pm at Wednesday. 20th January for all in the dairy what’s up group.

Very to the point advice on ketosis, subacute ketosis and using kexxtone as a tool to limit the hidden costs of these metabolic diseases youtu.be/cZ0dxmI4uMs

Feeding calves at Ciaran Mc Donnell’s farm Knockbridge. Clean bedding, fresh clean water. Straw fed from a height, dry clean bed and meal fed ad lib. Coats for added growth. Black plastic sheets to be added to all gates and a round bale to give added shelter

MSD will present on *Adopting monitoring technology on Irish dairy and beef farms to make labour efficient, improve submission rates, improve health and welfare. It’s a zoom meeting on the 27th Jan at 11am. I’ll record it and publish it. Paddy

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Great for weak or small calves but also healthy calves in cold weather. Calves thrive better as they don’t waste energy keeping warm. fb.watch/3kkPL-aOGv/

Twisted calf bed yesterday 720 degrees. Hand went through the womb trying to roll it. Can’t believe she is back chewing and bright today

Seen a lot of distended caecums lately. This was the only one so far that needed surgery

Cleft palates in a calf earlier today

A displaced abomasum caught between the rib cage and rumen

A RDA

Perk up mineral status in heifers and cows pre breeding now. It’s fast, effective and good value. I recommend topping up during the grazing season for extra thrive and shine.

Check this out on Agriland - What is the cost of poor fertility in dairy herds throughout Ireland? Just noticed this today agriland.ie/farming-news/w…