Is grass green?
TweetComments are often made on social media state that low input grass systems are more profitable and environmentally friendly than high input systems, but are they? Profitability Data from DairyNZ’s Dairy Base […]
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Herd Analysis highlights opportunities for improvement
TweetEach season Dairy Club analyses the herd testing data of a wide range of farms. Using a program designed and built by Dairy Club a predicted 305 day yield is […]
SCC = Somatic Cell Cost
TweetSomatic Cells cost us milk that we never see due to damage to milk secretory cells. The value of this can be calculated and the Tracker system does this day […]
Tracking, not lacking this summer
TweetAs we get past peak production into the dryer summer months milk typically declines much faster than the cows potential. The chart shows the Fonterra Company Milk Chart for the […]
Goldilocks would make a good nutritionist
Tweet Goldilocks, quite rightly, was very fussy about her diet and her living arrangements. Her porridge had to be just right and presumably she knew that good nutrition is about […]
Better heifers bring better outcome for income
TweetGetting heifer rearing right could be worth over $20,000 per year in milk sales in your heifers’ first lactation alone. Dairy Club’s Herd Analysis system is helping flag up huge […]
Feed for thought…
TweetThe latest economic survey published by DairyNZ has some interesting points, especially the analysis of the five farm systems. Here we look at the difference between the Low (Systems 1&2) […]
SCC can cost dear
TweetSomatic Cells are known to damage milk secreating cells are lead to a loss in production. Dairy Club’s Tracker system records day by day the likely losses and compiles them […]