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• Problems associated with lush grass

  On a farm visit in county Derry to one of the top Holstein herds in Ireland. Stock bull running with cows to mop up late calving cows not confirmed pregnant from the winter period. Pregnancy rate was very poor and associated with excessive body weight... Posted Aug 30 2010, 12:35 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: stock bull, high passage rate of faeces, excessive body weight loss, lush grass [Edit Tags]

• The impact of lush aftergrass on body condition score on dairy cows.

  On a farm visit today in county Cork with a dairy herd of 60 cows. Body condition score of cows was extremely poor and in addition the cows were extremely loose with a high passage rate of faeces. The farmer agreed with me that this was the case for the... Posted Aug 19 2010, 10:00 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: bcs, lush aftergrass, fibre, high passage rate of faeces [Edit Tags]