Laura Chesters and myself are midway through our MBR, and our recent module raised some important issues around the involvement of nutrition in fertility management.
As farm vets we’re not often approached for nutrition advice, however, it is useful to get us involved when thinking about the wider picture. You’ll be […]
In July 2024, I left LLM and the UK’s warm, bright summer for the colder climes of New Zealand’s winter and early spring. Swapping shorts and t-shirts for thermals and overalls, I embarked on a 3.5-month calving season in the Waikato region on the North Island. It was a complete […]
It seems a very long time since the idea of a calving season in New Zealand was a small idea in my mind, and I can’t believe my time there is now complete and I have settled back into UK life.
I’m not sure that I was fully prepared for […]
The term “Iceberg disease” is used to describe a disease where only a small proportion of the infected population are noticed, ie the tip of the iceberg. The remaining infected population are the iceberg that is hidden underwater. The small proportion of the population that reach the tip of the […]
With the various challenges the industry has been facing in recent years everyone has been looking at efficiency and cost cutting in all aspects of their farm businesses. Ian Cure discusses some real on farm successes where the focus has been on fertility as the driver for efficiency […]
Whilst the Kiwi style of farming is often referred to as “rough and ready” or “low input- low output”, I was really struck by the level of investment farmers were prepared to make when the cost benefit or “payback” of an investment was apparent. With tough targets to meet in […]
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