Wintering
Successful wintering systems require thought and planning. All the wintering resources and winter grazing information you need are here.
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Winter planning is the process of preparing your farm for the colder months, ensuring the well-being of the animals and the environment.
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Winter planning is the process of preparing your farm for the colder months, ensuring the well-being of the animals and the environment.
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Wintering starts with picking the right paddocks. Your choice impacts crop yield, cost, and winter success.
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Wintering starts with picking the right paddocks. Your choice impacts crop yield, cost, and winter success.
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Critical Source Areas (CSAs), such as swales and gullies, can transport large amounts of soil, phosphorus, and E. coli to waterways. Recognising CSAs and managing them with buffer zones can help minimise these losses.
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Critical Source Areas (CSAs), such as swales and gullies, can transport large amounts of soil, phosphorus, and E. coli to waterways. Recognising CSAs and managing them with buffer zones can help minimise these losses.
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Winter crop cultivation is crucial to your dairy farm's success. Be sure to have a detailed plan that includes aspects like paddock slope, critical source areas (CSAs), and buffer zones.
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Winter crop cultivation is crucial to your dairy farm's success. Be sure to have a detailed plan that includes aspects like paddock slope, critical source areas (CSAs), and buffer zones.
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Early preparation of your winter grazing paddocks minimises sediment loss and movement. Use back fences and portable troughs to reduce soil damage by limiting unnecessary cow movement.
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Early preparation of your winter grazing paddocks minimises sediment loss and movement. Use back fences and portable troughs to reduce soil damage by limiting unnecessary cow movement.
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Strategic grazing near waterways and good management of Critical Source Areas (CSAs) can help reduce sediment and phosphorus loss by up to 90%.
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Strategic grazing near waterways and good management of Critical Source Areas (CSAs) can help reduce sediment and phosphorus loss by up to 90%.
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Winter preparation for cows is key to their health and productivity. Ensure they're in good condition, as fat acts as insulation. Group dry cows based on their condition and calving date, enabling tailored feeding and protection from dominant cows.
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Winter preparation for cows is key to their health and productivity. Ensure they're in good condition, as fat acts as insulation. Group dry cows based on their condition and calving date, enabling tailored feeding and protection from dominant cows.
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A contingency plan for wet weather is crucial for managing your cows. This plan should secure a drier, sheltered area with ample feed for your cows.
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A contingency plan for wet weather is crucial for managing your cows. This plan should secure a drier, sheltered area with ample feed for your cows.
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This page highlights the importance of keeping cows comfortable in winter, planning for calving in the right conditions, completing daily checks on paddock, animals, and weather, and considering catch crops to utilise excess nitrogen.
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This page highlights the importance of keeping cows comfortable in winter, planning for calving in the right conditions, completing daily checks on paddock, animals, and weather, and considering catch crops to utilise excess nitrogen.
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Cow comfort during winter is vital for maintaining their well-being and condition. This page emphasises the importance of lying down for cows, which provides rest, sleep, and reduces lameness risk, leading to better welfare.
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Cow comfort during winter is vital for maintaining their well-being and condition. This page emphasises the importance of lying down for cows, which provides rest, sleep, and reduces lameness risk, leading to better welfare.
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