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Kingshay's Knowledgebase - Grazing
![8 Steps to Controlling Mastitis in Summer Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Cows-with-excess-grazing-mowed-11.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Each year as the weather gets warmer, somatic cell counts increase, making mastitis in summer an area for focus. Some pasture conditions can lead to high levels of expos...
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Amid general high costs of production, purchased feed costs represented about 26% of total costs and averaged 12.7ppl for the year ending September 2023 - it is therefo...
![Achieving Milk From Forage Part 3: Grazing Management and Infrastructure Dairy Insight](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2024-07-15-153600.png&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
This is the third publication in our ‘Achieving Milk from Forage Series’. It is designed in a workbook format, so that it can be used as a quick guide to highlight an...
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Gases such as methane and carbon dioxide are produced as part of the normal process of digestion in cattle. These gases are usually discharged by eructation (belching). I...
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Deferred grazing is an alternative form of out wintering, which can both significantly reduce your winter feed costs and also minimise the need for winter housing your ...
![Early Season Grazing Management](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/SamplingPlateMeter-e1455881936256.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Grazing well is the number one way to improve margins at a time when milk price is low. This needs strategy and planning in advance, and constant adjusting to suit ground...
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For more than three decades, Kingshay has dedicated its efforts to highlighting the significance of clover in grass leys. Now, amidst escalating fertiliser costs, pressur...
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Calibrating your fertiliser spreader is an essential task to optimise forage and crop yields and maximise the benefit from the cost of fertilisers. As fertiliser produc...
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To improve feed efficiency at grass, fibre supplementation should be considered.
![Forage Mineral Analysis](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/silage-picture.png&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Balancing diets is not just about ensuring you provide the correct energy, protein, starch, etc. Minerals are essential for health, fertility and production. With forage ...
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Fresh grass analysis is essential for formulating a balanced ration when livestock are at grass, to predict silage quality before cutting and to inform decisions on when ...
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Underperforming grass swards can occur for a number of reasons, such as inadequate crop nutrition, soil structure issues, weed infestation or plant diseases caused by pat...