Teagasc recently held their first live online questions-and-answers session on animal nutrition, through their corporate Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Nutrition specialist, Dr Siobhan Kavanagh, answered the questions.

Questions were received from dairy, beef and sheep farmers.

nWhat’s the best way to help avoid lazy cows during calving (cows on silage and half a kg of straw, pre-calver minerals)?

 

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