Calving 2023 Details
88 animals to calve down (67 cows & 21 heifers)
o Commenced 26th January
o Projected end date 20th March
o Expected 6 week calving rate – 98%
Preperation in Advance of Calving
o Cows/maiden heifers treated for lice
o Pre-calving minerals applied on top of silage daily (rate 100g/head)
o Rotavec Cornona vaccine administered to animals expected to calve before 1st March
o Remaining animals will be vaccinated 31st January
o Calving pens/group pens power washed, disinfected, limed and bedded
o Calving work station setup - Calving jack & ropes, lubricant, iodine,stomach tube, tagger and tags
2022 Beef Born Progency Performance
Management Notes
o Dosed for worms and fluke mid-December
o Backs & tails clipped and treated for lice
o Offered ad-lib 74% DMD grass silage and 1.5kg concentrate of 18% crude protein
o Received clostriadial booster vaccine 23rd January
Yearling Heifers
o 26 yearling beef heifers were turned out to grass on 26th of January and are currently grazing 48 hour allocations
Grassland Management
o Soil samples taken 4th January to determine P & K indices
- Results will formulate a targeted fertilisation plan for 2023
o Slurry will be spread on covers <600kg/DM/ha - Heavier covers will be grazed & receive slurry
afterwards
o 20 units/ac of protected urea will be spread on covers >650kg/DM/ha
Biodiversity on Newford Farm
o To enhance the level of biodiversity on Newford Farm, 220m’s of native hedging will be planted by the end of February
o There will be a mix of 75% whitethorn, 20% blackthorn & 5% holly trees sown at 5 plants/metre
o The redline below identifies the site for establishing the hedge
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