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TIPS FOR NOVEMBER 2016

Ensure you get a silage analysis. This will ensure correct diet formulation and required mineral supplementation. Start drying off cows at 190 days of pregnancy if BCS is below target and you do not have an option to supplement with extra concentrates. Prebreed scanning should start now for autumn calving next year. Ensure liver and […]

PREPARING FOR DRY COW MANAGEMENT

Improved weather has enabled farmers to keep cows out by day and indeed by night on drier ground. Grazing conditions have been excellent. However, the feed value of grazed grass has been overestimated for cows on many farms. Supplementation with concentrates is justified where body condition scores (BCS) are below target in preparation for the […]

TIPS FOR NOVEMBER 2016

PREPARING FOR DRY COW MANAGEMENT

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