Learnings from this year's calving season

It might not be long since the last calf was born on your farm, if you are finished calving already. Perhaps now is a good time to review what happened and make plans for next year, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.
Learnings from this year's calving season

It may not be long since the last calf was born, if you are finished calving already.

Up until this week, the good weather always looked like it was constantly a week away. Thankfully, grazing and ground conditions have improved, and intakes from grass have begun to improve significantly.

We all need a big increase in growth rates and this will happen once air temperatures increase and the ground finally gets to dry off properly. As I write, ground in many parts is still very damp and we all need it to dry so we can make plans for silage ASAP.

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