It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Dairy farmers need to adopt a more scientific approach to heifer calf rearing procedures if they want increased levels of profitability ...

Even when the heifer is already accustomed to the cubicles, barn, feed fences, floor, other cows and feed, and has gone through the parlour a couple of times before calving, many farmers still ...

“There is no clear-cut answer to achieving a successful second calving – it will vary on each farm, but by delving in and looking at heifer-only data on individual farms, it can highlight ...

The barn is old and the concrete floor ... Last year, when Katie was here with me, we found a calf nearly frozen on the floor. The heifers, or first-time mothers, sometimes don’t understand ...

For a successful calf rearing programme with heifers calving down at 24months of age, producers need to aim for daily liveweight gains of 0.8-0.9kg per day from birth to ensure target bulling weights ...

1. Remove calf from shipping crate. The shipping container is equipped with an automatic unloading device. If, for some reason, this unloading device jams proceed to step 2. 2. If calf-unloading ...

"This time of year, calving is the main focus ... The group has a three-sided barn with pins for cows and their calves, allowing the cattle to go in and out during the daytime.

She explained they are setting the CowCams up in the calving barn, where they can keep a close eye on the heifers getting ready to calve without having to go out to the barn until something is ...

"This time of year, calving is the main focus ... The group has a three-sided barn with pins for cows and their calves, allowing the cattle to go in and out during the daytime.

This year, the camera is showing the calf barns at Guericke Cattle Company. “We’ve had cameras for the last several years and especially when you start calving the first of February ...