By applying In-Calf best practice the herd fertility is slowly improving.
Year |
6 week in-calf rate |
Not in-calf rate |
2008-09 |
56 % |
13 % |
2009-10 |
57 % |
9.6 % |
2010-11 |
63 % |
7.3 % |
Dairy Research Farm demonstrating best management practice
The Macalister Research Farm, known as the Macalister Demonstration Farm since 2008, is a farmer-owned co-operative that was established on April 13th 1960. The brief was to acquire a commercial dairy farm on which systems of farming that had the … Read More