Late lactation mastitis can be difficult to manage. Many farms experience an increase in bulk tank somatic cell count towards the end of the season as cows start to produce less milk. This means there is less milk volume to dilute out the number of somatic cells in...
Duck shooting is not everyone’s cup of tea but love it or hate it – it’s not long until the opening of duck shooting season. Duck shooters will spend some time over the next few weekends checking limits, readying the maimai, rigging decoys, and...
Is your cat looking a bit rough? Are they always hungry but still losing weight? Has it become more vocal lately, demanding food? Are they not quite themselves? Some may just write this off as expected behaviour from an older cat, but these symptoms could actually be...
As we all know, mature cows need to calve in body condition score 5 and first and second calvers in body condition score 5.5. These targets are based on the production and reproductive benefits of these calving body condition scores – cows in their last month of...
Use individual Body Condition Scoring to your best advantage Most of you will know the body condition score (BCS) targets at calving of 5.0 for mixed-age (MA) cows and 5.5 for first and second calvers (R3yo). These are not just nice targets to achieve. They should be...
