With 14% or more of NZ dairy herds adopting cow wearables, Louise Salter challenged us to better utilise data from wearables, specifically to improve herd reproductive performance.  Given the often perplexing associations between nutrition and reproduction in dairy cows, Louise identified that as an industry, we’re not (yet) utilising wearable data to improve the fertility

Ian stepped conference attendees through the role for feed additives in dairy rations, with a specific emphasis on those associated with management and control of rumen acidosis. Starting the presentation with an overview of ruminal acidosis, Ian stepped us through the definitions of clinical and sub-clinical acidosis and that acidosis is a continuum and is

Simon kicked off with his background as a dairy consultant and emphasized that this is just one man’s view on ways GHG can be mitigated. He highlights that there are mitigation strategies to support lower GHG with the use of highly digestible feed, ionophores and other feed additives such as yeasts. Simon discussed the ways