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