Summer care Archives - Minerals Matter

Enhanced Nutritional Support with B Vitamins for Calves Across the Uniblock Bucket Range

B vitamins for calves can provide valuable nutritional support during summer grazing, particularly when dietary changes or digestive challenges place rumen function under pressure.

Labour Shortages Make Smarter Feeding Solutions More Important Than Ever

Labour shortages are influencing management decisions across Irish livestock farms. Vitulix offers a practical way to reduce routine feeding work while providing consistent nutritional support to cattle at grass.

Garlic Zero Zero – Prevent eye infections and Summer Mastitis with zero taint

Fly-related diseases such as infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (pink eye) and summer mastitis are a challenge for herd health in the heat of the summer months Pink eye is one of the most common eye diseases affecting cattle during the summer months. The condition is highly contagious and often spread by face flies carrying bacteria from […]

Protecting Dairy Cows from Summer Mastitis and Pink Eye with Uniblock’s No Taint Garlic Zero Zero Lick

As temperatures rise and fly populations increase, there is a familiar challenge: protecting cattle from fly-borne diseases...

Garlic for Dairy Cows: Performance Without Compromise

Garlic doesn’t just act as a “health supplement” in cows—it works through the rumen to improve efficiency, health, and overall performance. When delivered consistently via a mineral bucket, these benefits can be realised at herd level.

Protecting Calves at Grass: The Role of Vitamin B1 in Preventing Summer Scour

Summer scour in calves is one of the most frustrating challenges farmers face at turnout. As calves transition to grass in late spring and early summer, digestive upsets can quickly impact growth rates and overall performance if not caught early. Recent attention has turned to the role of Vitamin B1 (thiamine) — particularly in protected […]

Wet Spring Raises Mineral Risks as Livestock Head to Grass

A wet spring is increasing mineral deficiency risks in grazing livestock. Learn how turnout conditions affect cattle and how mineral buckets can support health and performance.

Don’t let flies compromise your youngstock health

Flies can cause serious stress, disease, and productivity loss in young calves during the summer months. This guide covers effective fly control for calves using hygiene, traps, and natural solutions like garlic supplementation to help protect your youngstock and maintain animal health.

Cobalt Plays a Vital Role in Generating Vitamin B12 in the Rumen of Growing Calves at Grass

Cobalt deficiency in calves is a critical nutritional issue that affects vitamin B12 production (also known as cobalamin) in the rumen of growing calves at grass. Vitamin B12 is unique because it can be synthesised by the microorganisms, bacteria, and yeasts active in the calf’s rumen. However, this process only occurs if the diet contains […]

Managing the suckler cow and calf post-calving

Suckler cow management post-calving is just as important as pre-calving care. A fresh calver needs the right nutrition to stay healthy, produce milk, and to resume her cycle to conceive again. Key considerations after calving Body condition score (BCS) in suckler cow management Monitor BCS to ensure the cow doesn’t lose too much condition soon […]