Managing dairy cattle in drought
Primefact Number: 344 Edition: First edition Released/reviewed: 01 Jan 2007
Herd numbers and feeding levels must be constantly assessed during feed shortages. Reducing stocking pressures by agistment or culling and selling are ways of coping with feed shortages. Whichever way you decide to manage your herd during feed shortages, grouping stock according to feed priorities is extremely important. This Primefact discusses:
- groups of stock
- selective reduction of stock
- agistment considerations
- stock husbandry.
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