by shane | Oct 5, 2016 | Latest News
Increased meal feeding in late lactation has the benefits of prolonging the grazing season, improving cow condition score, maintaining milk volume and keeping lactose levels higher. Autumn grass has a lower energy value (lower sugar content) compared to spring/summer...
by shane | Sep 1, 2016 | Latest News
As we approach September, grass quality begins to deteriorate, due to a drop off in dry matter and sugars. The best of autumn grass is capable of giving only 0.75 kg of live weight gain per day on finishing cattle, whereas the target is a gain of at least 1 kg per...
by shane | May 12, 2016 | Latest News
Southern Milling Ltd are brand leaders for high quality dairy feeds. Our broad range of consistently, top performing diets have gained an unchallenged reputation for success among generations of Irish dairy farmers. Milk yield and composition, along with the...
by shane | Mar 21, 2016 | Latest News
Spring 2016 has been a challenging one to date for dairy farmers, as a result of poor weather conditions. The wet weather caused poor utilization of existing grass covers and the dry cold spell of the past 10 days has left grass growth rates close to zero. With the...
by shane | Dec 4, 2015 | Latest News
With many Winter milk herds in the thick of calving and Spring milk herds putting plans in place for calving 2016, please take a few minutes to view Southern Milling’s Calf rearing Brochure. At Southern Milling the team of highly qualified nutrionists have...
by shane | Nov 26, 2015 | Latest News
Here at Southern Milling, we are a specialist feed company that supplies Dairy, Beef, Pig, Sheep and Poultry feeds throughout Munster, from its mill based in Cork. Experienced nutritionists formulate branded products, which deliver top results on farm in terms of milk...
