Anything that can be done to make an intensive block-calving period run as smoothly as possible will be advantageous for a busy farm team. It stems from preparing staff, processes and cows ahead of ...

Ease of management is the driver for a family farm in east Devon to leave the job of rearing heifer replacements to the cows themselves. Tim Wall, who runs a 270-cow, spring block-calving herd with ...

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Sleep is as important to humans as food and water, but it is often sacrificed to work, especially for farm workers. Dairy farming, in particular, can involve long hours and substantial physical ...

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2016 - Aligning calving season more with Mother Nature than to usual seasonal market price trends is gaining popularity among cattle management experts and cattlemen. Ranchers may ...

Spring calving is about to kick off over the coming weeks in spring dairy herds and preparation well in advance is critical for a smooth run Get your calving camera up and running so that if any ...

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Irish Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 22, No. 1 (1983), pp. 69-78 (10 pages) An experiment was conducted over 2 seasons to examine the effect of feeding concentrate supplements, containing ...