Dry cow diets—a steady transition makes all the difference
Ideally dry cows off in optimum calving condition and maintain them right through to calving with a controlled energy diet and appropriate mineral supplementation.
In spring-calving dairy herds, most are drying cows off at the moment or soon will be.
Some will be milking on a proportion of the herd. There is no right or wrong when it comes to milking cows through the winter or drying them all off. For many the cash flow, particularly with the current lower milk prices, is welcome and it allows cows to complete a full lactation.
