Farm Source guide - Optimise reproduction

Farm Source guide - Optimise reproduction

NZ Farm Source

This guide from NZ Farm Source's On-Farm Efficiency Hub covers how to lift your six-week in-calf rate, from cow and heifer nutrition and body condition to heat detection and breeding worth.

It links to tools such as a fertility focus report and an in-calf gap calculator, and explains how more days in milk and fewer forced culls support the herd's productivity and profitability.

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  • Owl Farm case study - Herd reproduction

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    Productivity

    Track how a Waikato demonstration farm lifts its 6-week in-calf rate each season.

  • Farm Source guide - Unlock nutrition efficiency

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    Read how balancing feed supply, demand and body condition helps cows use their feed better.

  • Farm Source guide - Maximise herd health

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    Check out ways to manage herd health, breeding and biosecurity to lift farm performance.

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  • Owl Farm case study - BCS profile

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    Explore how Owl Farm scores body condition through the season to guide feeding.

  • Farm Source guide - Optimise milk quality

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    See how preventing mastitis and lifting milk quality reduces treatment costs and lost production.

  • Owl Farm case study - Breeding programme

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    Track how Owl Farm's sexed semen and dairy beef mating plan lifted herd genetics.

Productivity

  • Owl Farm case study - Feed budgets

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    Dairy
    Farm planning
    Productivity

    Learn how feed budgets keep pasture cover and cow condition on target.

  • Owl Farm case study - Herd genetics

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    Dairy
    Livestock
    Productivity

    Read how genetic selection keeps Owl Farm's herd among the nation's best.

  • Farm Source guide - Optimise pasture and crop

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    On-farm actions
    Productivity
    Profitability

    Discover ways to grow, manage and use pasture and crop for healthier, more efficient cows.

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    Livestock
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  • Farm Source guide - Imported feed

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    Emissions reduction
    On-farm actions
    Profitability

    Weigh up how imported feed choices affect your costs, cows and farm emissions footprint.

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