World Ag Expo is the largest annual agriculture exposition celebrating 45 years of innovative agriculture with 1,600 exhibitors displaying the latest in farm equipment, chemicals, communications, and technology on 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space. Visitors can avail of… Free seminars on a variety of topics important to dairy producers, farmers, ranchers and agribusiness … Read more
Provita and Pfizer Animal Health have joined forces to organise two farmers’ meetings, the key speaker at each which will be leading veterinarian and cattle lameness expert Roger Blowey. The venues are: The Dunsilly Hotel Antrim, on Wednesday February 22nd and the Silverbirch Hotel, Omagh on Thursday February 23rd. Each event commences at 7.45pm. Both farmers’ meetings … Read more
The name McAllister is synonymous with the highest standards of pedigree sheep and cattle breeding. It’s a reputation that has been founded on the back of a tremendous commitment to sourcing the best genetics while, at the same time, applying the highest management standards. Where young stock are concerned, this commitment kicks in within seconds … Read more
Provita and Connon General Merchants will be hosting a Protect Demonstration on the Connon family farm at Crebilly near Ballymena on Wednesday February 8th at 1pm. “We run a herd of 160 suckler cows,” Francis confirmed. “Each calf receives Protect as soon as it is born. Experience with the product has confirmed that it significantly reduces … Read more
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Provita has just launched a new hoofcare product that has been designed to assist with hoof management on dairy farms. Provita Konquest hoof gel should be used for wrapping on hoof infections. The product combines organic acids and tea tree oil in a highly concentrated gel which have potent penetration action. The product has advanced bio-adhesion … Read more
The following article appeared in Farming Life, Sat 29th October, 2011. DairyCo figures have highlighted that a quarter of the British dairy herd is lame at any one time, costing farmers an average of £180 per case through lost milk sales, treatments and reduced activity. Traditionally around 25% of all lameness has been associated with digital … Read more
Recent research conducted by Queen’s University, Belfast attracted veterinarians from the world-over to the Provita booth at the Amercican Association of Bovine Practitioners’ Conference. David Jones, Biomaterial Science Chair, Queen’s University, Belfast recognises that there are many products and chemicals that have been used for footbath solutions. A major difficulty in making an informed choice … Read more
Provita had a busy few days at the World Dairy Expo in Madison when over 300 industry professionals, including hooftrimmers, farmers and veterinarians visited the Provita booth. Provita is committed to research and product development and we were proud to sponsor the seminars lead by Roger Blowey. Roger presented informative and entertaining discussions on hoof … Read more
Provita is committed to farmer education and is proud to be the sponsor of the lameness hoofcare seminar at the World Dairy Expo, being held at Madison, October 4-9. Dairy farmers and those involved in the dairy industry are invited to attend the lameness seminar featuring Roger Blowey, in the Waubesa room at 10:30 on … Read more