Category Archives: Cattle
Beware vitamin ‘go faster stripes’ in ruminant mineral supplements
Sheep farmers are advised to be wary of misleading ‘go faster stripes’ on supplements for [...]
Suckler cows, calves and ewes all repay help on late summer grass
Whether scarce or plentiful, summer and autumn grazing’s nutritional value can be deceptive. This is [...]
“Why guess when you can be sure?”
This was said not by a slick marketing consultant but youngstock manager Howard Stokes to [...]
Stronger calves, better recovery from calving, higher fertility
Since introducing ‘trickle charge’ trace element boluses five years ago [in 2016], these are the [...]
DIY farm trial shows clear gains from trace elements while housed
“They help cattle make better use of what they eat” This was said not by [...]
High calcium capsule targets post-calving problems
A rapid onset, steady release, high calcium oral capsule for dairy cows to reduce the [...]
How Tracesure made significant improvements to herd management
Since 1996, the Storan family were continuously having problems with their cows, but more so [...]
Are bagged minerals in winter diets accurate enough for optimum performance?
e.g. Selenium requirement for 180 cows would fit into a take-away fries salt sachet, but [...]
Avoid turn-out trace element gap to ‘make hay while the sun shines’ on latest beef prices
Turn-out onto spring grass can put cows at risk of a performance limiting Trace Element [...]
