Archive Article: 2001/02/09
9 February 2001
IN BRIEF
uTHE future of MDC levy spending will be one of the key topics discussed at this years Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers conference. Further conference sessions will include biotechnology, animal breeding, feeding for fertility and making co-operative milk marketing work. For details of this event, being held at Great Malvern, Worcs, on February 20 and 21, contact RABDF (01926-887477, fax 01926-887585).
uAMMONIA build-up in sow houses during cold weather can delay or suppress onset of oestrus or make sows in oestrus difficult to spot, warns Cotswold International. It advises increasing straw bedding for sows during cold weather, ensuring adequate ventilation and feeding boars extra. *
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