Dairy
A number of farmers have already started their breeding season and many more will be following suit in the next few days and submission...
Conception rates in general last year seemed to be poor with colder weather and challenging conditions in spring and sexed semen...
Now that we are three weeks into the breeding season, it is important to assess whether we have reached our targets.
Dairy Technical
To achieve a compact calving in spring 2024, submission rates for the first three weeks on farms need to be high.
Monitoring submission rates is an important part of having a successful breeding season on dairy farms.
Submission rates are key to achieving the six-week in-calf and calving target of 90% set by many dairy farmers.
In pasture-based systems of milk production, the three-week breeding submission rate target is 90%, to achieve a six-week calving rate of 90%.