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Management

Careful management of activities and processes on farm can make a huge difference to animal health and welfare. Here, the team give some advice and tips for successful management:

Knowing Pneumonia…

Pneumonia or Bovine Respiratory Disease is a common, multi-factorial disease affecting growth and performance in calves and beef cattle. A case of pneumonia can impact an animal for life reducing growth rates and increasing finishing times ultimately impacting on profitability.

Identifying cases early is key to treatment success, however the […]

2023-11-07T12:05:08+00:00November 7th, 2023|Beef, Dairy, Management|

Conflicting calf feeding advice unwrapped

I recently attended the National Youngstock Conference at Harper Adams (lovely to see some of you there). On the day, there were some conflicting views presented on the best way to feed calves – a higher milk diet with a gradual increase onto concentrate or a higher concentrate and forage […]

2023-09-20T10:51:50+00:00September 18th, 2023|Dairy, Management, Youngstock|

“The Werombi herd” trials and tales from new entrants

I’d like to say ‘oh, what a difference a year makes’ but with another drought potentially on the horizon, perhaps less has changed since 2022 than I’d hoped. One thing is for sure, the majority of the suckler cows are finally meeting their Body Condition Score (BCS) targets! After a […]

2023-06-13T13:24:03+00:00June 13th, 2023|Beef, Management, Youngstock|

Post-calving management study

We’re aware of the negative effects of poor calcium, excess negative energy balance and poor anti-oxidant status on reproductive performance but some new studies go into more detail on this, highlighting the strong relationship each of these elements have for getting a cow back in calf.

A recently published paper […]

2023-05-03T11:29:46+00:00May 3rd, 2023|Beef, Dairy, Fertility, Management, Youngstock|
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