Dairy
Over the next two months while the herd is dry, farmers should consider training heifers in the parlour before the busy spring period.
Familiarising heifers with the milking facilities and getting them parlour trained is the final piece of the puzzle for getting heifers...
Dairy Technical
The parlour training of your in-calf heifers, is a job that can begin over the coming days and weeks on dairy farms.
Now that your in-calf heifers are housed, there are a number of jobs that can be completed with them over the next few weeks.
While most spring-calving herds are winding down production for the year, it is always a good idea to now start parlour training heifers.
Most farms have now housed the majority, if not all of their animals, including their maiden and in-calf heifers.
The milking production season has ended on many spring-calving dairy farms for 2021, now is a good opportunity to being parlour training.
Weighing heifers, treating parasites and parlour training are all jobs that can be completed in the coming days and weeks with heifers.
