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A focus on data and nutrition boosts performance on one dairy herd in Northern Ireland

The transition diet is considered crucial to maximising the genetic potential of the Beckett family's Holstein herd

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Claire and John Beckett.
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Claire and John Beckett.

The old adage, ‘If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it,' is the guiding principle behind the strategy for the Beckett family's high-yielding Holstein Friesian herd in Ulster. With the feeding regime...

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