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Dairy herd management

Dairy cattle grazing

Drought management

  • Animal welfare and health issues, dairying and drought
  • Dairy herd management strategies in a drought
  • Dairying and Drought Management Guide
  • Feeding dairy stock during drought
  • Financial issues for the dairy farm in a drought
  • Managing dairy cattle in drought

Publications and manuals

  • Growing heifers (DairyLink series)
  • Handling cattle (Agfact) 
  • Improving herd management for profits (DairyCHECK series)
  • Improving shed management for profits (DairyCHECK series)
  • Management Guidlines 2010 - for pasture-based AMS farms 

Related websites

  • Countdown Downunder (www.countdown.org.au) 
    The national mastitis and cell count control program. Mastitis lowers farm profitability, reduces product quality and quantity, and potentially damages exports and the image of milk. This website provides practical advice for farmers and advisers to help reduce the cell count in milk.
  • CowTime (www.cowtime.com.au) 
    The information on the CowTime website is intended to help farmers improve their milk harvesting process by showing how to spend less time in the dairy, save money on labour or decide on the dairy improvements that are right for their circumstances.
  • InCalf (www.incalf.com.au) 
    InCalf is a national learning program funded by dairy farmers through Dairy Australia. The InCalf program aims to achieve measured improvement in herd reproductive performance. The website has a range of information resources and contacts.

From the bookshop

  • Calf rearing (video) 
  • Calf rearing - a practical guide (book) 
  • Cattle breeds in Australia - a complete guide (book) 
  • Dairy cattle breeding and reproduction (book) 
  • Picking cows on heat (video) 
  • The new science of cattle breeding (book) 
  • Fodder production & animal nutrition
  • Health and disease
  • Herd management
  • Welfare
  • People on dairy farms
  • Business management
  • Natural resource management
  • Research
  • FutureDairy 2
  • Dairypathways project
  • Contacts
  • Podcasts
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