Dairy
BCS the herd now and throughout the winter is crucial for a successful dry period and to ensure calving goes smoothly next spring.
With drying off for autumn calving herds set to take place soon, the body condition score of your herd will have to be assessed
N.Ireland
Calving down and heifer mastitis, or in some scenarios, having a blind quarter, can be a massive...
As we are now in the month of December, many cows around the country are dried off at this point...
Grouping cows when housed this winter, will allow for better management and ensure that they are in the correct body condition score (BCS)
Many spring-calving dairy farmers have - or should have - begun to dry-off cows; however, usually...
"50% of all clinical mastitis cases, in the first 100 days of the next lactation, can be linked...
Drying off is a key time for mastitis control on dairy farms, as it can influence the mastitis level in the herd for the next 6-12 months.
To ignore, or significantly shorten, the dry period could have a detrimental effect on the productivity of the herd in 2016, according to AHI.
