Dry cow, springer cow and fresh cow nutrition will have influence on our next twelve months viability, outside milk price; but pregnancy will be the real determining factor. Continue reading
Calves are not easy to rear, and we invest significant money and labour, but research concludes they influence our future productivity. Continue reading
As dairy science’s focus has shifted from lactation nutrition, to transition nutrition, both with major implications to lactation performance and fertility, more recent research has discovered very significant gains in lifetime productivity from birth through the growing heifer phase. Continue reading
“As an industry, people need to talk about metabolisable energy and protein intake and status relative to maintenance and stop talking about bottles, buckets, kilograms and grams of dry matter, milk, milk replacer etc” Mike Van Amburgh – Professor Animal Science, Cornell University Continue reading
Yes! We’re all aware of negative energy balance in fresh cows, and its devastation to health and fertility, but unheard of, well, at least never discussed, in the first week of the calf’s life. Continue reading
Not knowing the cause of calf scours certainly limits our approach to reducing the problem. Continue reading
