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• Efficient rate of 82% and pregnancy rate of 56% in a Holstein Friesian dairy cow herd .

  Visited a dairy Holstein Friesian herd outside Newcastle, County Tipperary this evening with a year round milk production system. The pregnancy rate in this herd was attributed to excellent silage and maize reserved for the dry cow and early post calving... Posted Feb 04 2011, 01:48 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: holstein cows, bcs, milk production, maize concentrates, silage, cow management [Edit Tags]

• Low starch content in maize.

  Visited a farm in County Waterford. A herd of cows presented for scanning for calving next Autumn. The cows were on a diet with maize which had low starch content. The cows presented with a very high proportion of animals in an anoestrus state. This may... Posted Jan 07 2011, 11:07 AM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: scanning, anoestrus, maize concentrates [Edit Tags]

• Empty rate 7%

  Scanned a 450 cow herd earlier today. The empty rate was 7% total which was excellent. This herd consists of Jersey Cross Friesian cows farmed on a grass based system. There is a 15 week breeding period. Low cost systems of productivity are fine when... Posted Oct 21 2010, 01:24 PM by cows365 with | with no comments Filed under: bcs, maize concentrates, Jersey Cross Friesian cows [Edit Tags]