Interpreting your Return Interval Analysis (RIA) and Non-Return Rate (NRR) in combination with your three-week submission rates, can give you early information about how mating is going. Reviewing this data as early as possible (during week four of AB) enables you to...
Grass is only just starting to really grow; cows haven’t milked as well as we would have liked, and it is not a surprise that there are plenty of non-cyclers about. Yep, we’ve got all the signs of a high payout year! It is not time for taking your eye off the ball,...
I have been asked loads of questions about the use of technology and heat detection in the last few years. It seems you all want to know, “Will I get better results because I spend the big bucks on some wearables?” And although this is a valid question, I...
Getting to the end of AB is a welcome milestone in the dairy calendar. Unfortunately, that doesn’t actually mean you can simply sit back and let the bulls take over. It can be easy to assume that the most dominant bull in a group has the highest libido and is the most...
