Bellair Estate, situated on the Offaly/Westmeath border, has made the decision to disperse its 300-cow dairy herd. The split calving herd consists of 132 autumn calving cows alongside 161 spring calving cows. The herd is averaging 7,000kg of milk at 4.55% fat and 3.61% protein. As well as that, the herd is averaging 2.6 lactations per cow, and is maintaining an average somatic cell count of 93,000 cells/ml. All cows are artificially inseminated …
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