Many a lactation is won or lost in the dry cow phase. There has been a significant failure in Australian dry cow nutrition with a tell-tale legacy in national average milk production and fertility. Continue reading
Trace minerals are those that are required by stock in very small amounts; nevertheless, are critically important to many metabolic functions, immunity and enzymatic functions within the body. Continue reading
High fertility starts at dry-off. The dry cow has long been the most neglected animal on the farm, but is now rising to the most important as research traces production/fertility failures to the dry period; or at least some very significant causes are perpetuated through poor dry cow nutrition. Continue reading
