What’s Included

31 pages covering: • All major dairy breeds and their characteristics • Calving management, pre-calving care, and calving assistance • Colostrum management and early-life calf care • Housing, ventilation, bedding, hygiene, and calf rearing • Disbudding, castration, weaning, and growth targets • Replacement heifer selection and weight-for-age charts • Body Condition Score (BCS) and breeding readiness • Bull selection, breeding management, heat detection & aids • Artificial insemination (AI) – process, advantages, timing • Culling decisions and herd improvement (grading up) • EBI explained and applied in herd genetics • Nutritional management across all lactation stages • Negative energy balance & metabolic stresses • Milk composition, the let-down reflex, and milking routine • Mastitis, SCC/TBC causes, hygiene and milk quality factors • Milk pricing (A+B–C system), bonuses, and penalties • Milking parlour types: herringbone, parallel, rotary, robotic • Winter housing systems, cubicles, slats, layout & hygiene • Grassland planning: spring rotation planner, feed wedge, measuring grass