| 23-3-2009 |
Simple cure for retained cleansings
A recurring problem of retained cleansing in newly-calved cows has been eliminated by providing increased levels of selenium and vitamin E in William Purdie’s 180-cow Kindar pedigree Holstein dairy herd at Inglestonford, New Abbey, Dumfries. |
| 13-11-2008 |
Sheep - Feeding for Fertility
The success of a sheep enterprise is influenced by many factors including fertility, lambing rate, lamb survivability, milk production etc. Optimising fertility is obviously essential in order to optimise number of lambs and consequently maximise profits |
| 13-11-2008 |
Charolais cattle and ad-lib feeding achieve top performance at Culfork
Charolais cross cattle, carefully selected for conformation and growth potential, achieve top performance and hit the top grade virtually every time for brothers, Gordon, Stewart and Dougie Walker at Culfork, Alford. |
| 27-10-2008 |
New financial director at Harbro
Harbro Group Ltd has appointed Ross Baxter as financial director in succession to Gordon Alexander who is retiring after 22 years with the company. |
| 6-8-2008 |
Harbro launches new calf milk replacers
Two new calf milk replacers have been added to Harbro’s range of calf rearing products.
Buttercup Blossom Hi-Fat Instant is a new improved formulation based on the Blossom concept, which has been at the heart of the range since its inception in the ear |
| 6-8-2008 |
Easing the workload in Boghead calf rearing unit
The introduction of a computerised feeding system for milk replacer has dramatically reduced the labour requirement, with no adverse effect on calf health and performance, in the calf rearing unit at Boghead, Banff.
Farmer, Grant Taylor, who manages Bo |
| 26-6-2008 |
Harbro launches Country Horse Lick
Horses and ponies at grass still require essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements and deficiencies of these are frequently found in pastures and in conserved forages such as hay and haylage. To compensate for these deficiencies, Harbro has introduc |
| 13-5-2008 |
Risk of staggers increases
Grass staggers, or hypomagnesaemia, is probably the biggest cause of suckler cow mortality and the pattern of grass growth this spring suggests cows will be most at risk in the coming weeks.
The late, cold spring followed by the warm weather of the las |
| 5-2-2008 |
Harbro forges ahead with new plant on stream
Harbro Ltd’s £6 million investment in a new feed mill at Birkhill, Lesmahagow, took its toll in the company’s financial performance in the year to June 30, 2007.
But the results are remarkably robust given the scale of the investment and the difficulti |
| 5-2-2008 |
Grass seed switch pays off at Bowbutts
The switch to a dual-purpose medium to long term grass seed mixture suitable for both cutting and grazing has boosted quality and yield of grass at Bowbutts Farm, Strachan, Banchory, Aberdeenshire. |
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