NMR works closely with the Northern Ireland dairy industry. Our service delivery team, headed up by Regional Services Lead Ivor Hyndman, are responsible for the day to day relationship with dairy farmers, overseeing work carried out by the self-employed milk recorders, helping with software queries and checking for any changes or developments in the dairy farmer's goal for his herd - be it health, production or efficiency.  If you are interested in any of NMR's services please contact our local Area Development Manager, Amy King, who will be happy to help.

Please browse this page to read about our team, services, events and news in Northern Ireland

Our services

Milk Recording

NMR offers a range of milk recording services to support any type of dairy farm size, milking system or herd type. Regardless of what your goals are for your dairy herd or what your dairy contract needs, the data output following milk recording with NMR will provide you and your on-farm team with valuable insight to help you meet your business requirements.

But don't just take our word for it! Read what our customers say!

Managing my cows' milk quality by milk recording with NMR helps me to maximise the benefits of my milk contract. I have used NMR's HerdWise service to help me control Johne's in my herd and found the regular testing was essential to improve herd health and efficiency. I regularly use the NMR pregnancy testing service in my milk samples giving me a very convenient way to re-check around 90 days to confirm my cows are in calf as my vets scan around 35 days after service.
Mark Bristow, Rasharkln

Health Testing

Every farmer understands the importance of striving to achieve a healthier and more productive herd. But did you know that NMR offers a wide range of disease testing which can be carried out using your milk sample? In addition to offering our popular quarterly Johne's testing and reporting service HerdWise, we are able to test for the following diseases using a bulk milk sample:

BVD (antibody)
BVD (qPCR Virus) (extra cost)
Leptospirosis
Salmonella
Schmallenberg
IBR (gE & gB)
Neospora
Liver Fluke
Mycoplasma bovis

Read what Bill Brown thinks of his HerdWise service

Milk recording is such an invaluable tool, we have been recording for nearly 30 years. We receive the results from our NMR recording in under 72 hours. This information, along with our herd’s Johne’s testing through NMR’s Herdwise service, is available on Herd Companion and is invaluable for enabling our herd management and identifying any issues which may arise.
William Brown
Hollowdene Farm, Ards Peninsula

Read more about William's work with NMR here 

Genomic testing and GenoCells

Genomic testing through NMR is the independent key to breeding your best possible herd and can be used to test animals from the 5 UK evaluation breeds: Holstein, British Friesian, Guernsey, Jersey and Ayrshire. NMR offers both GeneEze and CLARIFIDE Plus genomic testing to suit your needs.

Once you have genomically tested / genotyped your herd, and most especially your milking herd, you can use GenoCells to access individual cow Somatic Cell Counts (SCC) from a well-agitated bulk milk sample. Visit GenoCells or contact Amy King on 07896 565663 to find out more. 

But it's always better to hear from someone who already works with NMR - so read what the Montgomery brothers have to say:

The data provided by our milk recording results gives us valuable information which helps us to make key decisions for the management of our herd.  Using the GenoCells services means we have rapid access to individual cow SCC figures which helps us to tackle mastitis cases promptly before they have a major impact on cow welfare and milk output. For us milk recording is a key service that has become a fundamental management aid for our herd.

These days our milk buyer is looking for an increase in total solids in the milk we supply. To achieve this, we rely on milk recording to allow frequent checks on fat and protein yields across our herd. We use Herd Companion to check the data to ensure we are also maintaining milk yields at the same time.We’re looking forward to continuing to work with NMR, genomically testing on our youngstock to help with the selection of the best animals to future proof the Gortree Farm.
Stephen & Mark Montgomery
Gortree Farm, Eglinton
Winners of NMR’s Silver Salver as runners up in the 2018 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup