Feeding for autumn breeding in the suckler herd
Accurate heat detection is such an important part of good fertility in any herd. If you don’t submit a cow to AI or to the bull, she can’t go in calf!
Autumn-calving suckler and dairy herds will start breeding soon. In dairy herds, as cows will be fed for milk performance, these generally go back in calf quite efficiently as they are on the same diet each day and their performance, yield and solids are being monitored closely. However, in suckler herds, there can be a lot more variation in the plain of nutrition.Â
Most suckler herds are in for almost four weeks at this point and are well settled indoors. Setting up an appropriate diet for them to feed their calf and go back in calf quickly will obviously be based on available silages and minerals, plus concentrates will be required in most herds.
