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National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods has said the cattle trade is continuing to drive forward with the base price for steers at €4.00/kg and heifers at €4.10/kg. Mr Woods said €4.05 and €4.15 as a base for steers and heifers have also being paid in places. He said there is a strong demand for cattle from the factories.Mr Woods said young bulls are...

More than 1000 cattle heads infected with brucellosis have been revealed in East Kazakhstan region, said Kazbek Kashimov, head of regional veterinary department. "More than a thousand of cattle heads infected with brucellosis have been revealed in the time of planned examination in West Kazakhstan region," he said. He marked "the size of sick...

The Department of Agriculture has announced the rolling out €6.5m under the first phase of the EU Voluntary Supply Management Scheme.  According to Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed, payments to some 3,500 farmers will issue from Tuesday 28 March. Initially, 4,500 farmers had applied to the milk reduction scheme, but accord...

Dairy producers are being reminded to pay close attention to nutritional requirements during peak lactation, to avoid losses in body condition score (BCS) of more than 0.5, which could significantly knock fertility. Dairy producers are being reminded to pay close attention to nutritional requirements during peak lactation, to avoid losses in body condition score (BCS) of more than 0.5, which could significantly k...

There are only a few cattle breeds in existence that have no horns naturally but now American scientists are developing the trait within Holstein cattle. Horned animals provide a threat to other animals, farmers and dog walkers and only a handful of breeds such as Aberdeen Angus and Hereford have no horns. However, scientists in California have come up...

Many dairy farmers are familiar with the CowSignals concept. A recent addition to this training method is stress-free stockmanship. Joep Driessen, founder of this concept told about it more. A cow is constantly giving away signals to the farmer. The way she eats, stands, lies down, ruminates, has her ears positioned, etc. All these signals mean something and can mean discomfort, a disease...

In the first two months of 2017 U.S. exports of skimmed milk powder (SMP), whey powder and cheese were +17,5% in volume and +18,5 in value ($ 88 milion). The U.S. exported 100.134 tons of SMP (+19%) and sales improved mainly to Mexico (+15%) and to China (+96% YoY). Cheese imports were -24,4% in volume and -22,2% in value ($...

It is the first country to offer SMP to the measure since September 2016. Poland has become the first EU member state to offer skim milk powder (SMP) into public intervention in 2017. It is the first country to offer SMP to the measure since September 2016, after there w...

Milk purchase prices still keep downward trend and this week prices fell to 0.03-0.05 UAH. depending on the grade of milk. Analytical department of Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine announced this information. The amount of milk products production in this year January-February respond the rates of previous year...

Heat detection aids can help identify bulling cows and this is particularly important for herds using AI. Identifying cows on heat can be difficult, as the average heat only lasts nine hours and most "standing" activity occurs in the hours of darkness. Therefore,...