By scoring manure on a scale of 1-5, you can gauge how well the rumen is processing nutrients. A score of 3 is ideal, representing well-digested feed. A score of 1, however, indicates poor digestion ...

The drugs don’t work, they just make you worse”. The Verve song was stuck in my head as I drove away from a farmyard recently ...

At the root of all this is the obsession with GDP. Maximizing exports maximizes GDP. To win this game, the argument goes, we ...

If you find calves that show signs of pneumonia such as rapid breathing, laying down and being reluctant to rise, and having ...

In this ABP Monitor Farm update, ABP Farm liaison officer Aideen Bates travelled to Bandon, Co. Cork for a mid-summer update.

BY ALICIA BOORCottonwood Extension DistrictThis year’s weather has delayed harvest and left many wheat growers with fields of low-test ...

This year’s weather has delayed harvest and left many wheat growers with fields of low-test weight and sprouted grain. This ...

Protect Calves from Scours with Immediate Immunity The presence of calf scours is often an unwanted guest during spring calving season.

Scours is considered a management disease, he said, because beef producers must understand the disease and do their part to prevent it through colostrum protection in their calves and environmental ...

The calves used in the study were from a calf feedlot, sourced across the Prairie provinces, and many were dairy calves or beef-on-dairy.

This week, we take a look at preventing and treating scours. There's also an upcoming livestock demo in Carrigallen Mart in Co Leitrim.