The perfect partner for robotic milking – IAM Network

Brian McClure, Churchview Farm with Matrix Animal Health agent Robert ShannonBrian, alongside his father David, run a herd of 100 cows, milked through two Lely robots. The second robot having only recently been installed is allowing Brian to increase his cow numbers further. Cows are housed all year round and three cuts of quality silage are made every year.Silage quality is paramount to the McClure's philosophy of maintaining healthy, efficient and productive cows averaging 10500lts.Matrix Animal Health sales agent for Co.Antrim, Robert Shannon chatted to Brian this week to see how he was getting on with the Healthy Udder Boluses."We were having quite a few problems keeping cases of clinical mastitis under control and had been using an awful lot of antibiotics with varying success," said Brian."This lead to the financial implications of lots of wasted milk, as well as a constant fear of contaminating the milk. " I have also been very concerned over the potential for antibiotics to get into the food chain and believe that farmers as food producers play a major role in the fight to combat this."I was talking to a friend who recommended I would try the'Healthy Udder …