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Studies on the use of locally grown field beans and red clover in dairy cow diets
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BOOKLET 2 - A COMPARISON OF FOUR GRASSLAND-BASED SYSTEMS OF MILK PRODUCTION FOR WINTER CALVING HIGH GENETIC MERIT DAIRY COWS
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BOOKLET 3 - DAIRY HERD FERTILITY - EXAMINATION OF EFFECTS OF INCREASING GENETIC MERIT AND OTHER HERD FACTORS ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE
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BOOKLET 7 - DEVELOPING IMPROVED HEIFER REARING SYSTEMS
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BOOKLET 8 - THE INFLUENCE OF SUCKLER COW GENETICS AND TERMINAL SIRE ON PERFORMANCE OF THE SUCKLER HERD
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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
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Calf Rearing Essential
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Finishing Beef Events 10th & 12th September 2019
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Finishing Lamb Events 3rd & 4th September 2019
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Breeding for Performance (Sheep) Event July 19 Booklet
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Breeding for Performance Event 28 & 29 May 2019
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Zero-Grazing: A Best Practice Guide
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COWS guide to managing liver fluke in bought in cattle
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Using research to reduce the cost of producing milk
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Using research to reduce the costs of producing beef and lamb
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Sycrhronisation - What can it offer you?
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COWS guide to liver fluke
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A comparison of confinement and grazing systems for dairy cows: What does the science say?
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Booklet 31 - Developments in Dairy Cow Fertility Research
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Booklet 32 - A comparison of four intensive grassland based systems of milk production
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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
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Booklet 30 - The effect of early lactation concentrate build-up strategies on dairy cow performance
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Lameness in Sheep
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BovIS User Guide (Carcass Benchmarking Application)
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Booklet 28 - Prevalence of BVD in Northern Ireland Dairy and Suckler Herds
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Booklet 27 - The effects of offering concentrates during the dry period on dairy cow performance
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Booklet 26 - Grassland performance and its relationship with profitability on 10 Northern Ireland dairy farms
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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
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Booklet 24 - A comparison of the performance of Holstein-Friesian and Jersey crossbred cows across a range of Northern Ireland milk production systems
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Booklet 23 - The effect of a number of supplementation strategies on milk production and fertility of high-yielding dairy cows
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Booklet 18 - Reducing phosphorous levels in dairy cow diets
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Booklet 14 - Effects of feeding forage maize and whole crop silages on the performance of dairy cows offered two qualities of grass silage
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Booklet 15 - Maximising beef output from the suckler herd through the production of heavy bulls
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Booklet 6 - The effect of housing system on performance, behaviour and welfare of beef cattle
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Booklet 17 - Comparison of dairy cow management strategies which differ in labour inputs
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Booklet 11: Are international dairy sire genetic evaluations relevant to milk production systems in Northern Ireland
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Booklet 16: The effect of reducing the protein content of the diet on the performance of dairy cows
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Booklet 12 - Holstein Bull Beef
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Booklet 10: The effect of the type of dietary supplement on the performance of the grazing dairy cow
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Booklet 1: The effects of genetics of lowland crossbred ewes and terminal sires on lamb output and carcass quality
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Booklet 4: Developing low cost 'natural-care' systems of sheep production
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Booklet 9: Reducing the organic nitrogen outputs from dairy cows and beef cattle in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
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Booklet 5: An examination of the factors affecting the cleanliness of house beef cattle in Northern Ireland
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Booklet 19: The effect of applying slurry during the grazing season on dairy cow performance
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Improving milk composition during the winter period through feeding
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Booklet 22: Norwegian Red / Holstein-Friesian on Farm Comparison
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Booklet 13 - Footbath Design & Use
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Booklet 21: Maximising Returns of Beef from the Dairy Herd
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Low input forages for beef production B-07-06 - Technical Report
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GrassCheck: Grass Growth Monitoring and Forecasting (GCII) - Technical Report
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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
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A comparison of three contrasting systems of milk production for spring calving dairy cows (D-29-06) - Technical Report
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Developing novel supplementation strategies for dairy cows to improve nutrient efficiency and animal health and welfare (D-17-03) - Technical Report
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An examination of the potential of crossbreeding to improve the profitability of dairying in Northern Ireland (D-11-00) - Technical Report
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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
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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
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Dairy Herd Fertility - Examination of Effects of Increasing Genetic Merit and other Herd Factors on Reproductive Performance
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Expanding output efficiently in environmentally friendly systems Final Report for AgriSearch, John Thompson and Sons Ltd and Devenish Nutrition Ltd
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