Recent Press Releases
Importance of Vitamin D in Ensuring Good Bird Health
2nd February 2016
Providing both broilers and layers with sufficient and appropriate forms of vitamin D is essential to ensure good bird health
Dairylink: Time to think about slurry as ban lifts for the Northern half of the country
28th January 2016
Despite the wet and waterlogged fields, Conail Keown advises that it's time to think about slurry for dry paddocks.
Dairylink: Measure Grass to Manage
21st January 2016
Conail Keown reports on the variation in grass growth between and within some of the Dairylink farms and outlines methods to bridge the gap.
Dairylink farms focused on year ahead
16th January 2016
Conail Keown advises now is the time to plan ahead and prepare budgets to improve technical efficiency and performance
Dairylink: Feeding for condition score rather than milk yield in Co Down
5th December 2015
Conail Keown on how managing freshly calved cows differently to stale cows has huge benefits for costs and condition score.
Dairylink: Autumn calving is in full swing across Northern Ireland
28th November 2015
Dairylink adviser Conail Keown develops calf-rearing targets for autumn-calving herds
Dairylink: Calf rearing properly reduces costs and improves labour efficiency
21st November 2015
The McGrade family from Dromore, Co Tyrone, have perfected winter calf rearing, writes Conail Keown.
Dairylink: Grass management and breeding on agenda at Johnstown
14th November 2015
Autumn grazing management and performance at Teagasc Johnstown Castle research farm.
Dairylink: Selective dry cow therapy in Cavan
7th November 2015
Conail Keown reports from Cavan, where David Brady is taking advantage of his low SCC and is only using dry cow therapy on some of his cows.