Milk Recording
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CIS Employee Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Liz Brown began her career on 28 June 1971 as a milk recorder for what was the Scottish Milk Marketing Board. Over the 50 years, Liz has worked closely with numerous dairy farms a
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Industry Embraces New Johne’s Tracker
Dairy management companies, including milk recording organisations NMR and CIS, have embraced a new Johne’s progress tracker developed by the Johne’s Action Group.
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Pin Point High Cell Count to Avoid Penalties
Testing milk samples from dairy cows will help pinpoint the high cell count cows in the herd to avoid milk buyer penalties.
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What is Neospora
Neospora Caninum is a protozoan parasite that is an important infectious cause of weak calves and abortion in cattle.
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UKAS Accreditation of CIS Laboratory
On the 5th and 6th February 2020 the CIS laboratory underwent a successful annual UKAS ISO17025 surveillance visit. Read more..
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Optimise profitability by identifying open cows easily and effectively
Dairy farms can optimise profitability by shortening the calving interval and reducing the number of days that cows are open. The easiest way to accomplish both goals is the IDEXX
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Farmer Focus: Gilmour Lawrie – Sandyford and Myremill Farms near Ayr
Known locally by hundreds of school children KitKat farmer, 4th generation farmer Gilmour Lawrie has the oldest pedigree Ayrshire herd in the world. Gilmour, his wife Caroline and
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Rising Through the Ranks - New Head of Field Services Appointed at the Cattle Information Service
The Cattle Information Service (CIS), leading milk recording organisation, welcomes internal promotion of Janette Mathie, who has been committed to the business for 29 years, progr