Nutritional value and technological suitability of milk from various animal species used for dairy production

J Barłowska, M Szwajkowska… - … reviews in food …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of nutritional value and selected traits of technological suitability of milk was
performed on the basis of the available literature. This analysis concerned various animal …

Effect of fertility on the economics of pasture-based dairy systems

L Shalloo, A Cromie, N McHugh - Animal, 2014‏ - cambridge.org
There are significant costs associated with reproductive inefficiency in pasture-based dairy
herds. This study has quantified the economic effect of a number of key variables associated …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with profitability in pasture-based systems of milk production

L Hanrahan, N McHugh, T Hennessy, B Moran… - Journal of dairy …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The global dairy industry needs to reappraise the systems of milk production that are
operated at farm level with specific focus on enhancing technical efficiency and …

Increasing grazing in dairy cow milk production systems in Europe

D Hennessy, L Delaby, A Van den Pol-Van Dasselaar… - Sustainability, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
In temperate regions of Europe where grass grows for most of the year, grazed pasture is the
lowest cost feed for milk production. Grazed pasture can make a contribution to dairy cow …

[HTML][HTML] A case study of the carbon footprint of milk from high-performing confinement and grass-based dairy farms

D O'Brien, JL Capper, PC Garnsworthy, C Grainger… - Journal of dairy …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is the preferred methodology to assess carbon footprint per unit
of milk. The objective of this case study was to apply an LCA method to compare carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with the financial performance of spring-calving, pasture-based dairy farms

G Ramsbottom, B Horan, DP Berry, JR Roche - Journal of Dairy Science, 2015‏ - Elsevier
As land becomes a limiting resource for pasture-based dairy farming, the inclusion of
purchased supplementary feeds to increase milk production per cow (through greater dry …

Genome-wide associations for milk production and somatic cell score in Holstein-Friesian cattle in Ireland

BK Meredith, FJ Kearney, EK Finlay, DG Bradley… - BMC genetics, 2012‏ - Springer
Background Contemporary dairy breeding goals have broadened to include, along with milk
production traits, a number of non-production-related traits in an effort to improve the overall …

[HTML][HTML] Milk production and fertility performance of Holstein, Friesian, and Jersey purebred cows and their respective crosses in seasonal-calving commercial farms

EL Coffey, B Horan, RD Evans, DP Berry - Journal of dairy science, 2016‏ - Elsevier
There is renewed interest in dairy cow crossbreeding in Ireland as a means to further
augment productivity and profitability. The objective of the present study was to compare …

Requirements of future grass-based ruminant production systems in Ireland

M O'Donovan, E Lewis, P O'Kiely - Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2011‏ - JSTOR
There is a renewed interest in grazing systems in many temperate and subtropical regions of
the world. This results from lower inflation-adjusted prices, the proposed removal of some …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the effect of mastitis on the profitability of Irish dairy farms

U Geary, N Lopez-Villalobos, N Begley, F McCoy… - Journal of Dairy …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The objective of this paper was to estimate the effect of the costs of mastitis on the
profitability of Irish dairy farms as indicated by various ranges of bulk milk somatic cell count …