Reducing ration protein content to 15% is optimal for milk output and reducing manure-N
REDUCING the dietary protein content in early lactation rations to 15% is optimal for milk output and reducing manure N output.
Read more | Comments (0) | June 24 2009
Beef and lamb farmgate prices should stay strong, say NFU livestock chairmen
WITH both beef and lamb supplies short and demand and market conditions stable there is no reason why prices should not be strong throughout the rest of 2009, according to the UK farming unions and IFA (Irish Farmers' Association).
Read more | Comments (0) | June 24 2009
New boar quality assurance scheme
ALTHOUGH AI now accounts for 75-80% of pig services in the UK, the boar is still a very important animal on most farms and is used extensively to provide cover for sows both naturally and artificially inseminated on the farm.
Read more | Comments (0) | June 24 2009
Fear preventing clover's uptake
A FORAGE legumes day, organised by the British Grassland Society at IBERS, Aberystwyth, West Wales, tried to wean farmers off their addiction to bagged nitrogen. the Farmers Guardian reports.
Read more | Comments (0) | June 24 2009
Gadget sanitises poultry buildings without chemicals
TWO companies have jointly developed an innovative chemical-free approach to sanitising poultry sheds between crops.
Read more | Comments (0) | June 19 2009
Computerised system means less labour and more ‘content’ calves
REDUCED labour and more content calves were just two of the benefits recorded for calves reared using a computerised system in a recent trial.
Read more | Comments (0) | June 19 2009
Eliminating nutritional variability is key to utilising co-products
CO-PRODUCTS from the biofuel industry have the potential to be important feed sources for the pig and poultry industries.
Read more | Comments (0) | June 19 2009
Feeding stubble turnips can improve winter lamb meat quality
TAKE Home Message: Finish lambs on stubble turnips to produce meat of a consistently high eating quality that is attractive to consumers.
Read more | Comments (0) | June 19 2009
CT scanning could be used to assess beef carcass quality
A SCANNING technique used to assess sheep carcasses could be used to accurately quantify the weights of fat, muscle and bone of primal beef joints.
Read more | Comments (0) | June 19 2009
UK Introduces New Poultry Standards
THE contents of a new EU broiler welfare directive, issued by DEFRA for implementation in 2010, has been approved for adoption by the Assured Chicken Production - the poultry arm of the Red Tractor food assurance scheme).
Read more | Comments (0) | June 18 2009