FARMER BOOKLETS

Studies on the use of locally grown field beans and red clover in dairy cow diets

BOOKLET 2 - A COMPARISON OF FOUR GRASSLAND-BASED SYSTEMS OF MILK PRODUCTION FOR WINTER CALVING HIGH GENETIC MERIT DAIRY COWS

BOOKLET 3 - DAIRY HERD FERTILITY - EXAMINATION OF EFFECTS OF INCREASING GENETIC MERIT AND OTHER HERD FACTORS ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE

BOOKLET 7 - DEVELOPING IMPROVED HEIFER REARING SYSTEMS

BOOKLET 8 - THE INFLUENCE OF SUCKLER COW GENETICS AND TERMINAL SIRE ON PERFORMANCE OF THE SUCKLER HERD

BOOKLET 20 - CONTRIBUTION OF MEAT (BEEF AND LAMB) FROM GRASS-FED RUMINANTS TO THE TOTAL HUMAN DIETARY INTAKE OF LONG CHAIN N-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS

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Flooring options for house, growing and finishing cattle

Calf Rearing Essential

Finishing Beef Events 10th & 12th September 2019

Finishing Lamb Events 3rd & 4th September 2019

Breeding for Performance (Sheep) Event July 19 Booklet

Breeding for Performance Event 28 & 29 May 2019

Zero-Grazing: A Best Practice Guide

COWS guide to managing liver fluke in bought in cattle

Using research to reduce the cost of producing milk

Using research to reduce the costs of producing beef and lamb

Sycrhronisation - What can it offer you?

COWS guide to liver fluke

A comparison of confinement and grazing systems for dairy cows: What does the science say?

Booklet 31 - Developments in Dairy Cow Fertility Research

Booklet 32 - A comparison of four intensive grassland based systems of milk production

Booklet 29 - Developing improved concentrate feeding and grazing strategies for dairy cows

Farmers Booklet 29 - Developing improved concentrate feeding and grazing strategies for dairy cows

Booklet 30 - The effect of early lactation concentrate build-up strategies on dairy cow performance

Diagnosis and Treatment of Lameness in Sheep

BovIS User Guide (Carcass Benchmarking Application)

Booklet 28 - Prevalence of BVD in Northern Ireland Dairy and Suckler Herds

Booklet 27 - The effects of offering concentrates during the dry period on dairy cow performance

Booklet 26 - Grassland performance and its relationship with profitability on 10 Northern Ireland dairy farms

Booklet 25 - The affect of applying cattle slurry as a sole source of nutrients over a four year period on the yield and persistency of seven perennial forage crops

Booklet 24 - A comparison of the performance of Holstein-Friesian and Jersey crossbred cows across a range of Northern Ireland milk production systems

Booklet 23 - The effect of a number of supplementation strategies on milk production and fertility of high-yielding dairy cows

Booklet 18 - Reducing phosphorous levels in dairy cow diets

Booklet 14 - Effects of feeding forage maize and whole crop silages on the performance of dairy cows offered two qualities of grass silage

Booklet 15 - Maximising beef output from the suckler herd through the production of heavy bulls

Booklet 6 - The effect of housing system on performance, behaviour and welfare of beef cattle

Booklet 17 - Comparison of dairy cow management strategies which differ in labour inputs

Booklet 11: Are international dairy sire genetic evaluations relevant to milk production systems in Northern Ireland

Booklet 16: The effect of reducing the protein content of the diet on the performance of dairy cows

Booklet 12 - Holstein Bull Beef

Booklet 10: The effect of the type of dietary supplement on the performance of the grazing dairy cow

Booklet 1: The effects of genetics of lowland crossbred ewes and terminal sires on lamb output and carcass quality

Booklet 4: Developing low cost 'natural-care' systems of sheep production

Booklet 9: Reducing the organic nitrogen outputs from dairy cows and beef cattle in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones

Booklet 5: An examination of the factors affecting the cleanliness of house beef cattle in Northern Ireland

Booklet 19: The effect of applying slurry during the grazing season on dairy cow performance

Improving milk composition during the winter period through feeding

Booklet 22: Norwegian Red / Holstein-Friesian on Farm Comparison

Booklet 13 - Footbath Design & Use

Booklet 21: Maximising Returns of Beef from the Dairy Herd

	Low input forages for beef production B-07-06 - Technical Report 2 Downloads	829.85 KB
	GrassCheck: Grass Growth Monitoring and Forecasting (GCII) - Technical Report 2 Downloads	277.97 KB
	GrassCheck – Improve the robustness of an existing grass growth prediction model, and validation of the model using actual grass growth and meteorological data from sites across Northern Ireland (2013) - Technical Report 2 Downloads	1.8 MB
	A comparison of three contrasting systems of milk production for spring calving dairy cows (D-29-06) - Technical Report 1 Downloads	819.86 KB
	Developing novel supplementation strategies for dairy cows to improve nutrient efficiency and animal health and welfare (D-17-03) - Technical Report 1 Downloads	1.89 MB
	An examination of the potential of crossbreeding to improve the profitability of dairying in Northern Ireland (D-11-00) - Technical Report 1 Downloads	935.78 KB
	Effect of nutritional management during the first 42 days post calving on lactational performance, uterine health, and subsequent reproductive performance post partum (D-50-10) - Technical Report 1 Downloads	902.76 KB
	Development of beef and sheep systems for improved sustainability, biodiversity and delivery of ecosystem services within hill areas of Northern Ireland (Project 12/4/08) - Technical Report 2 Downloads	1.68 MB
	Dairy Herd Fertility - Examination of Effects of Increasing Genetic Merit and other Herd Factors on Reproductive Performance 1 Downloads	667.3 KB
	Expanding output efficiently in environmentally friendly systems Final Report for AgriSearch, John Thompson and Sons Ltd and Devenish Nutrition Ltd 1 Downloads	3.23 MB

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