Animal

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Caring For Calves

For managers of teams involved in the care of calves from the paddock through the first few days of a calf’s life. Simple processes, to make sure that every calf has the best possible start.

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Calves

Body Condition Scoring Made Easy Field Guide

Condition score (BCS) your dairy herd accurately and consistently by using this handy field guide for objective levels for animal measurement.

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Body condition score

Body Condition Scoring Reference Guide

Aims to provide advice on body condition score (BCS) targets, management strategies, and an overview of how to get accurate and consistent results.

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Body condition score

FeedChecker calculator

The FeedChecker calculator is a robust way to ensure you are optimising feed allocation throughout the year.

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Nutrition

Ranking of Active Sires

The RAS list is published by NZAEL, an independent animal evaluation body working alongside breeding companies for greater genetic gains.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Bull Search

Search for an individual bull or set criteria to produce a list of bulls to suit your requirements.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Bull Team

Simply use the RAS list or search below to add bulls. This page will update with your new selections.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Heifer Development Plan

Growing heifers well, so that they meet their liveweight targets, can improve farm productivity and profitability. Use this tool to set a plan for the first two years of a heifer's life.

Tools & Apps

Heifers

Lameness Calculator

Use this tool to calculate the impact of lameness on the farm business bottom line and to show the origin of these costs.

Tools & Apps

Lameness

Lameness Field Guide

A farmer's guide to treating lameness.

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Lameness

InCalf book

The InCalf 4-step continuous improvement process. for making better herd reproductive management decisions.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Body condition at calving gap calculator

This is an InCalf gap calculator tool. It measures the difference between the herd’s actual and desired body condition (BCS) profile at calving and assesses the likely impact of this difference on herd reproductive performance and milksolids production.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Reproduction gap calculator

Estimate the value of your herd's reproductive 'gap'.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Economic benefit model

Economic benefits models relevant to Step 3 in the Herd Assessment Pack tools.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Reproduction calendar

A calendar of relevant seasonal messages linking to different parts of the ‘herd fertility cake’.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Non-cycling tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It assesses the likely impact of your non-cycling rate on your herd’s overall reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Calving pattern tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It assesses your herd’s calving pattern and its impact on herd reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Heifer rearing tool

This gap calculator assesses the growth of a given group of heifers versus liveweight-for-age targets, and its impact on reproductive performance and milksolids production.

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Animal

InCalf reproduction gap calculator

The calculations made with this tool are estimates of the ‘opportunity cost’ of less-than optimal reproductive performance in a specific herd.

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Animal



InCalf - Fertility focus user guide

This guide explains how Fertility Focus Report results are calculated and should be interpreted.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Bull management practices tool

This is a tool to assess bull management practices on the farm and the risk that they may reduce herd reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Length of mating period calculator

This gap calculator tool assesses the impact on herd reproductive performance of extending or reducing the length of the mating period.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Economics of reproductive performance tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It compares your level of overall reproductive performance to targets and estimates the scope for increasing operating profit through improved reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Heat detection gap tool

This is a gap assessment tool. It assesses heat detection efficiency and the likely benefit of improving heat detection on your herd’s overall reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Individual cow calving health tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It assesses the numbers of cows affected by common health problems at and after calving and their impact on herd reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Body condition loss in early lactation tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It measures the difference between the herd’s actual and desired body condition (BCS) loss in early lactation, i.e. between calving and mating, and assesses the likely impact of this on herd reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating