General Detail
- 101 cows and calves at grass on the home farm, plus 6 cows which will not be AI this year.
- Newford Farm has 100 cows for breeding this year.
- To date
- 90 % of the herd was now been AI within 3 weeks of the breeding season commencing (23rd April).
- 98 cows have now been inseminated to date , Friday 24th May
- 2 cows not AI yet ( one cow less than 40 days calved)
- The vet check 2 cows which had not cycle and one of them was treated for a cystic ovary and came bulling this morning Friday the 25th and the other cow received a PRID to encourage resumption of normal cyclicity.
- 7 repeats to date , Friday 25th May
- Once a day AI used, cows are being inseminated at midday each day.
- 84 % of the Replacement heifers (21) bred to AI on the contract rearing farm in Tuam out of 25 heifers within 3 weeks. AI also started on the 23rd of April with the replacement heifers
- 23 heifers AI
- 4 repeats
- The young calves were coughing this week and 2 of them were treated for pneumonia.
- As a result of the coughing, facial samples was taken from the claves.
- Mineral buckets are out in the paddocks with the cows to prevent grass tetany
- Grass cover taken last Tuesday the 22nd of May.
- 6 acres of surplus grass was cut last week 21 bales ( 3 ½ bales per acre)
- I bag of Can +S per acre is been spread after each grazing
Key recommendations for this week
- Monitor all cows regularly for heat detection
- Watch out for Grass Tetany and keep mineral buckets topped up
- Power wash sheds
- Keep the teaser bull’s chin ball harness topped up with paint
- Watch calves closely for pneumonia