Carbery/Teagasc Farm Walk
– Information event for Winter Milk Suppliers
‘Breeding and feeding decisions for winter 2016’
Thursday 27th October at 11am
At the Farm of Glenn Forde, Horsehill, Ballinadee
The following topics will be dealt with on the day
- Economics of fertility (recycling, calving month)
- Breeding for better fertility (EBI sub-index, X-breeding in winter milk)
- Nutrition in the indoor period
- Metabolic disease prevention (milk fever, displaced abomasum, ketosis)
Joe Patton, Teagasc Winter Milk Specialist will be the main speaker assisted by other Teagasc speakers.