Dairy
Assessing the BCS of your spring-calving cows at this time of year will allow for plenty of time to sort out any cows ahead of drying off
With drying off for autumn calving herds set to take place soon, the body condition score of your herd will have to be assessed
Beef
A Nuffield Farming report has called attention to prioritising body condition as part of the...
Fat cows need to be closely monitored, as they are high risk for issues around calving. Over conditioned or ‘fat’ cows pose a risk as the...
Monitoring of body condition score (BCS) in winter milk cows is important at this stage of lactation, to ensure excess condition is not lost.
Rapid body condition score (BCS) loss post-calving can cause health implications or failure to go...
N.Ireland
For March-lambing flocks, it is important farmers keep an eye on their ewes' body condition over...
A transition cow can be identified as a cow three weeks' pre-calving and three weeks' post-calving....
Even though the breeding season won't be kicking off on many sheep farms until October/November,...
Even though the breeding season won’t be kicking off on many sheep farms until...
With only 10 weeks left until the month of February, the focus is slowly turning - on...
With the drying-off period only around the corner, one of the key components of setting your cows...
Spring calving suckler cows are now in mid or late pregnancy, so pre-calving management and preparing for calving is crucial.
Grass
As we enter into the second week of closing, the effect of grazing heavier covers becomes apparent; cows are working harder and milk production is beginning to fluctuating.
Do farmers realise the importance of the condition score of the cow around calving and how to determine the scale?
Dairy farmers should consider milking on their cows this autumn as it may be financially beneficial to do so.
