Dairy
As we are well and truly in the midst of autumn calving, farmers must be considering diets and feed groups coming into the housing period.
Dairy Technical
Grouping cows when housed this winter, will allow for better management and ensure that they are in the correct BCS for calving.
One of the main reasons why cows are dried-off early is due to body condition scores (BCS) being too low.
The cost of feeding the liquid milk cow has seen the most significant increase this year on autumn-calving herds.