More than 90% of the heifers born at Alford Fields, Somerset, have reached their second lactation in recent years. This means they can start paying back the cost invested into rearing them. Known as “wastage from weaning to second calving” (WWSC), the number of heifers that fail to calve for a second time and start […]
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