
Farm Source guide - Optimise reproduction
Find out how to lift your six-week in-calf rate through cow, heifer and mating management.

This guide from NZ Farm Source's On-Farm Efficiency Hub covers how to manage herd health and breeding, from an animal wellbeing plan and disease prevention to tracking body condition and heifer weights.
It links to the Cared for Cows Standard and DairyNZ biosecurity resources, and explains how healthier cows with fewer treatments and culls lift production, cut costs and reduce emissions per cow.
Photo: “Dairy cows, Rotorua, New Zealand” by AnnWoolliams, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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