Improve next season’s production with these smart autumn moves | Ep. 120

About this episode

This episode discusses strategies for improving dairy production through effective autumn management practices.

Autumn gives you a short but valuable window to set your herd up well. In this Talking Dairy episode, DairyNZ scientist, Dr Susanne Meier, explains why hitting BCS targets before calving has such a big flow on effect—supporting recovery after calving, earlier cycling, stronger reproductive performance, and more milk in the vat next season. And DairyNZ farm systems specialist, Mark Williams, brings the farm system view: how to condition‑score your herd accurately, plan dry‑off dates with...

People in this episode

Guests: Mark Williams, Dr Susanne Meier

Topics covered

• dairy production
• animal health
• farm management
• reproductive performance
• seasonal planning

Keywords

• BCS targets
• calving
• recovery
• earlier cycling
• stronger reproductive performance
• milk production
• condition-scoring
• dry-off dates

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