calves

Just been looking through My calving book looking at some stats. Started 20th March with 400 calved to date out of 450. Assisted 57 Suckled 13 5 sets of twins 10 losses at birth or within 1st few hours Been chased once 2 c sections 3 calf beds ( vet required for 1 only) 3 dead cows( 1 heart...

Hi , have a Limxbbx cow ,2nd calver. As a heifer last year had a belting calf and reared it well. This year calved itself fine but calf died several days later, wasn’t her fault, . Question is do I keep her to go round again or weigh it in? She carries a bit of flesh. If it was older I...

Just replaced two teats on my milk bar and noticed two calves getting agitated. Kept squeazing the teats but neither of them works, absolutely nothing comes out (only bought them yesterday). Will always check them before filling with milk in the future! Is it too much to ask that these things...

We have a very densely-planted silvopasture here on ten hectares in the tropics. We're thinking about getting a small number of weaned calves this year and experimenting with rotational-grazing to maintain the understory. We're in the steep foothills of the Andes, and it's not really practical...

Hi, I am doing a survey on calves for a college project about them being bottle fed verse being 'at foot' in a milking herd. If anyone can spare some time to fill it in, it might help highlight why its done and is there options. Thank you https://s.surveyplanet.com/5o3gxvgc s.surveyplanet.com

Went out to look at Cows and Calves this morning and was amazed to find a cow with a second calf that was untagged. Must have been born yesterday and previous one was born last Friday. I have heard of this but not so far apart. How do I explain to BCMS?

Selection of South Devon cows from 5yrs -10yrs with BB or AA calves at foot Older outfits £1450 Younger outfits £1850 Or sensible offers

Interesting To know what inventions people have turned their plastic drums into. we just have a sledge for moving a fresh calve but I bet theres more creative things to do with them

Having calved the first 20 cows to a new bull 3 have been the wrong way round. I cannot remember the last time we had one the wrong way round let alone 3. 2 have had to be out via ceaser as they were too large to jack out and I’ve just calved another the wrong way round tonight but the calf was...

After a couple of genomic tests I'm unfortunately no closer to finding out who his sire is so he's unfortunately for sale. He's not pedigree due to not knowing his sire, he will be pure friesian of some sort and by a stock bull who wasn't genomically tested (I bought his dam incalf) I've had 4...

Any recommendations please? We want to learn! We have less than 30 calvings pa and our traditional native breed cow is an easy calver. But there are still times we need to intervene, so few we have little practice and even less confidence. This leads to vet calls I think we could reduce given...

Destroyed OSR as a reliable break crop in the U.K. while welcoming in imports grown using chemicals they banned here on the flimsiest of evidence for populist reasons. If that isn’t duplicitous then I don’t know what is. At the next election when I go into the polling station I’ll remember this.

The Opportunity: Are you a seasoned dairy professional, eager to showcase your expertise within NZ/grazing dairy systems and work with a forward-thinking business to elevate herd performance to new levels? The Herd Manager will take the management lead of a 350 head organic dairy herd, looking...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough Producing a cow that can walk long distances and cope with rolling hills is an important breeding goal of an Irish farmer who is now running his own dairy farm in Australia. Originally from Monaghan, Brian Corr was managing two dairy...

Any opinions on this cross, considering BSH heifers to try to the Lim Bull, for a harder cow than BB cross.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The launch of a strategic dairy farm in Wiltshire is set to focus on grazing infrastructure and how a flexible approach to forage crops has maximised grazing days. Wolfhall Farm in Burbage, Marlborough, Wiltshire, is run by Antony Mitchell and...

A farm open day in Shropshire next month will offer arable farmers a low cost entry to finishing beef cattle with free on-call advisory support and minimum guaranteed payment terms at the outset. One of the organisers is Buitelaar Group, the “bed and breakfast” beef finishing operator, where...

Hi, I was wondering if any has any experience of keeping Freisian/Angus crosses? I was offered some heifers and was wondering how they are generally, do you tend to get a lot of dairy cow problems or do they tend to have the hardiness of the Aberdeen Angus e.g. ability to be outside in most...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A smooth transition for calves being weaned off milk is essential to ensure calves suffer no performance setbacks and continue to thrive. Farmers who have experience in rearing calves will know all too well that if a calf is weaned off milk before it is...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Farmers For Action (FFA) has requested a meeting with Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer as bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection among cattle and wildlife reaches “an all time high”. The group wants a meeting with Brian Dooher to discuss...