Feet Health; Digital Dermatitis in Heifers

24th January 201924th January 2019 Alasdair Taylor 0 Comment dairy, dairy cows, herd management, improving, Lactation, milk, milk yield, Nutrition, Wynnstay

Digital Dermatitis (DD) is a highly infectious disease, with associated costs due to loss of production, ranging from £75 –

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Farm Utilisation

10th January 201910th January 2019 Mark Price 0 Comment changes, cost effective, cows, dairy, dairy cows, feed, feeding, herd management, improving, mild production, milk yield

Forage utilisation per ha When we talk farm costings, farm efficiency, and performance monitoring, we need to talk about figures

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Hoof Health – A Trait of Major Economic Importance

7th December 20187th December 2018 Martin Hope 0 Comment Cattle, Health, Herd, herd management, Hoof, Wynnstay

Today’s dairy cow deals with some significant challenges in meeting the expectations of the modern dairy industry. Some of these challenges include

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Feeding for Best Performance

30th November 2018 Alasdair Taylor 0 Comment cows, dairy, herd management, improving, milk yield, Nutrition, planning, Wynnstay

Feeding for best performance revolves around better understanding a cow’s nutritional demands, and how feed is broken down and used in the

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ELIXIR – Energised Calf Milk (ECM)

12th November 201812th November 2018 Jessica Charlton 0 Comment Calf, Calf Milk, cows, dairy cows, Elixir, feeding, Nutrition, planning, Wynnstay, Youngstock

A revolution in early life nutrition From its launch in September 2018, ELIXIR – the first in a category of

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Transition Management – “Place Your Name Here”

1st November 2018 Ken March 0 Comment cost effective, cows, dairy, dairy cows, herd management, improving

“If our fresh cows have a problem on our dairies, that problem has a first and last name and it’s place Your

Improvements

Whole Farm Utilisation is a Vital Part of Profitable Dairy Production

18th October 201818th October 2018 Mark Price 0 Comment changes, cost effective, herd management, improving, Wynnstay

With ever tightening margins in milk production, rising capital costs, competition for land use from other sectors of agriculture and political uncertainty,

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Measure What Matters

10th October 201810th October 2018 Mark Price 0 Comment herd management, improving, mild production, milk, milk yield, Wynnstay

When it comes to herd and farm management metrics, there are a plethora of figures that can be generated and compared. Commonly

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Fresh Cow Reports

2nd October 2018 Rachel Gardner 0 Comment dairy, dairy cows, Dairy Team, herd management, improving, Lactation, Wynnstay

The transition period is the most critical time in a cow’s lactation due to its lasting effect on the subsequent lactation. It

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ELIXIR – a revolution in early life nutrition – What do we need to know?

24th September 20182nd October 2018 Jessica Charlton 0 Comment Calf, Calf Milk, calves, Elixir, herd management, Wynnstay, Youngstock

At UK Dairy Day last week Wynnstay launched the first in a category of Energised calf milk replacers: ELIXIR. Speciﬁcally