Herd Management: Milking through, drying off and other big late lactation decisions

Lower rear view of a machine a milking cow. Horizontal shot.

For much of the summer we were crying out for rain. Well, now we badly need it to stop raining! While there is still a lot of grass on many farms, it is now proving close to impossible to graze it.

Spring-calving dairy herds around the country are fast approaching their dry period, but there is still some milk and profit to be achieved before then.