Fattening cull cows not justified at current cattle and feed prices

14 Aug 2012

Visited a client outside Delvin, Co. Westmeath where I scanned cows for fattening. The client wanted to identify those cows pregnant and who would not suit the fattening period of 100 days. He informed me that he is now planning to buy cull cows for fattening this autumn on the basis of cattle and feed prices.

Testimonials

I took over this farm a long time ago. I have only ever used Reprodoc because of the following:

reprodoc.ie provides reproductive management services for all of our dairy and beef stock. Pre-breed scanning is an essential part of our business whereby all cows are assessed prior to breeding and prior to embryo transfer programmes involving superovulation of donors and synchronisation of recipients for embryo transfer.

reprodoc.ie provides us with accurate ageing of pregnancy between 25 and 110 days of gestation and sexing of the same pregnancies between 55 and 110 days of gestation.

reprodoc.ie enables the information collected from the scanning of cows to identify potential herd health problems. This is an invaluable tool for the overall management of our herds. Reprodoc provide us with an excellent reporting system following each visit which enables us to focus more on the discussion of cows presented for scanning.

Kieran Harty
Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry