Preparing Cows for the dry period

Preparing Cows for the dry period

Joep Driessen Joep Driessen

Joep Driessen

发布日期: 2017年6月13日
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"Farmers who take their eye off the ball when it comes to the dry period are storing up production and financial problems for the rest of the year". Great article in a newsletter by NWF Agriculture by CowSignals/Vetvice advisor Bertjan Westerlaan. He says 80% of vet care and farmer time input is spent on cows as a result of mismanaging the critical dry period. He tells us how to do it right in this article:


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