Spring Survival Guide 2009

The Spring Survival Guide is designed to help you get through the physically and mentally challenging time of calving.

The aim of the Spring Survival Guide is to provide you with practical tools, tips and information on to how to optimise spring and make life easier at this time of year.

You can view PDFs of the Spring Survival Guide below or click here to order.   

• Introduction  View PDF (144kb)
• Contents  View PDF (152kb)
• Foreword  View PDF (222kb)
• 1.0 Spring management  PDF File (12kb)
• 1.1 Spring Rotation Planner   PDF File (395kb)
• 1.2 Get pumping this spring  PDF File (182kb)
• 1.3 The 10 commandments of supplementary feeding  PDF File (417kb)
• 1.4 Response to supplements  PDF File (21kb)
• 2.0 Strategies to manage low pasture cover at calving  PDF File (13kb)
• 2.1 Maximise pasture growth rates  PDF File (13kb)
• 2.2 Reduce demand  PDF File (47kb)
• 2.3 Once a Day milking / 2.4 Minerals and metabolic disorders  PDF File (267kb)
• 3.0 Getting the most out of your animals  View PDF (23kb)
• 3.1 Calf rearing - Extra effort now will pay dividends later  View PDF (482kb)
• 3.2 Best practice for bobby calves  View PDF (219kb)
• 3.3 A vet’s perspective - Dealing with cow health in spring  View PDF (602kb)
• 3.4 Magnesium - Getting the right amount into your cows  View PDF (61kb)
• 4.0 Making life easier for everyone  View PDF (175kb)
• 4.1 Streamline spring time  View PDF (72kb)
• 4.2 Top 10 staff survival tips for spring  View PDF (13kb)
• 5.0 Contacts  View PDF (67kb)

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