Tail paint, once the foundation of block-calving fertility, has been replaced by heat detection collars in one 260-cow herd in Somerset. The old go-to for identifying cows on heat proved to be less effective when the herd, at Volis Farm, near Taunton, changed its calving pattern from spring to autumn. See also: Are fertility monitors […]
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