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...
Significant amounts of time and money are invested in preparing for and undertaking a successful AB mating period in dairy herds. However, to ensure your herd reproductive performance (particularly overall not-in-calf rate) reaches target, it is essential that the...
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...
Join Anexa Dairy Vets for a low key chat about all things Animal Health. This podcast series is aimed at staff on dairy farms that want to learn more. Designed to be an easy-listen while you are bringing the cows to the shed for milking or hosing the yard down, these...
