Agri-Business
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has approved Arla Foods Ingredients’ acquisition of Volac’s Whey Nutrition business, Volactive.
Wide variability in maize, grass and cereal crops, due to this season’s turbulent weather, could...
Dairy
A challenged faced by all dairy cows after calving is negative energy balance (NEB), where energy...
The dairy nutrition company Volac is to close its purpose-built finishing and packing facility near Kells, in Ireland.
Eimear Diamond, a native of Bellaghy, announced as new nutritional sales development manager for Volac, a dairy nutrition company
Sheep
Lamlac ewe milk repalcer manufacturer Volac will host a free advisory webinar offering lambing and surplus lamb-rearing tips.
With UK lamb prices expected to mirror the trend of the last couple of years and remain firm into 2023 due to low...
A 40-strong group of enthusiastic cyclists will forge a challenging 250-mile route east towards the Volac head office in Orwell...
A training webinar focusing on improved rearing of heifers will take place on Thursday, February...
On a recent Volac 'Feeding For Future' webinar, Dr. Jessica Cooke spoke about maximising calf...
The dairy nutrition company Volac has announced its acquisition of Micron Bio Systems, the UK based bio-science solutions business.
Cutting grass earlier in the day could help speed up wilting - even in overcast conditions -...
Beef
During a recent Volac webinar on the dairy heifer - from conception to weaning - it was outlined...
New research from Michigan State University, US, demonstrates significant improvements in cow...
Volac has warned that "unnecessary stockpiling" of its products by customers during the Covid-19...
AHDB has been awarded £1 million from the Betty Lawes' Foundation to expand its strategic dairy farm network.
With uncertainty still surrounding EU exports, more than 90% of UK sheep producers say it will be very important to rear as many lambs born alive as possible in 2019.
Farmers looking to get into computerised calf feeding may soon be able do so, thanks to a new £30 million grant available in 2019.
Calves housed in groups with computerised feeding perform better than those kept penned individually, according to animal nutritionists.
Cattle youngstock rearers now have a quick and easy way of recording and monitoring individual calf growth rates against pre-set targets.
British firm Volac has announced it will spend £3 million on a new purpose-built finishing and...
Grass
While standard specs of silage film (750x1500) are the norm there are alternatives available. Are these worth looking at or is standard best?
Silage bales are an expensive commodity therefore protecting them should be a priority for farmers, according to Caitriona Mullin, Business Manager with Volac.
