Dairy Technical
There are late calvers on nearly every farm. These cow calf later than what is ideal and lead to an extended calving season.
Ideally, all cows should be calved and cycling before the start of the breeding season, however late calvers can be found on nearly every dairy farm.
The 2021 breeding season has drawn to a close on the majority of spring-calving dairy herds, with AI stopping and bulls removed.
The beginning of June usually sees a reduction in the number of calf registrations, but still more than one-quarter of spring-calving dairy..
Dairy
As we switch our attention to the breeding season, we need to ask ourselves is it financially viable keeping those late-calvers?
It is time to ask ourselves if it's worth keeping those late-calvers or should we sell them now and focus on not having them again next year?
Although breeding is fast approaching its conclusion, a cohort of cows will continue to be bred into the latter stages of July.
