Brian Reidy: A critical time for herd fertility
A vet uses an endoscopic ultrasound machine and accompanying viewing goggles to fertility test a dairy cow. Birchwood Farm, Kilmington, Devon.
The last week has brought glorious weather and it thankfully allowed animals to get out grazing full-time and a lot of spring crops to be planted.
With calving almost complete in the spring beef and dairy herds, it is now important to implement the correct feeding strategy. The feeding of dairy cows at grass has a huge bearing on subsequent herd fertility.
