The Autumn Checklist
For spring calving herds, the end of the lactation is approaching so some important decisions need to be made to hopefully ensure a stress-free...
Prevention of Metabolic Issues
Prevention of metabolic issues next spring will hinge around management decisions that will be made over the next number of weeks. When costs...
Time to plan for Winter
Another winter is approaching, and now is the time for planning, in order to make informed decisions around nutritional management. Following a...
Preparation is Everything
Although it seems almost too early to admit, and it doesn’t appear to have been that long since ‘winter mode’ ended, but Winter...
Autumn reseeds: don’t delay!
Early autumn reseeding is the preferred option for many to reseed grazing ground due to reduced pressure on grass availability and the increased...
Getting back on track with reseeding
Slow growth has been the theme so far this year with many reseeding plans on the main grazing block have either been placed on hold or delayed....
Time to Stock Take
Grass Growth In recent weeks, slow growth has been the common factor noted across the regions, with much of the focus devoted to balancing grass...
Weighing up stocks
It’s vitally important that the next generation of milking cows don’t fall between two stools in the quieter part of the year. Now that breeding...
Maintaining calf performance at grass
Pre-weaning the overall aim was to have doubled our calves birth weight at the point of weaning, and to be ~100 kg at 11-12 weeks before being...
Summer Management
After a tumultuous start to the grazing season, the focus regarding nutrition at this point in the year should be simply centred around always...
Rumen Development – Developing calves from the inside out
As newborn calves are born with undeveloped rumens, the main objective over the next few weeks and months is to implement an early feeding strategy...
Preparing your herd for Spring 2024
The efficiency of a grass-based system is hugely influenced by calving pattern, necessitating excellent reproductive performance in a short-breeding...