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The lead up to another calving period means the next few weeks offer an opportunity to meet the nutritional demands of your cows.

As part of its strategic choice to lead in sustainability, Fonterra places a strong emphasis on calf wellbeing.

While most dairy farmers are heading into spring calving with lush grass cover, cows may need more starch and energy to compensate for pasture deficiencies this season.

With calving underway, dairy farmers are being urged to be vigilant for coccidiosis by planning their calf feeding regimes and using nutrition to combat the potentially fatal disease.

As farmers start calving, it’s time to think about preparing calf sheds. Here are some tips from NZAgbiz’s Calf Rearing Guide on preparing calf facilities and what good practices for setting up your calf shed are.

On the farm, bobby calves must be given the same degree of care as every other calf on the farm.

Planning and preparing for calving with the farm team will reduce stress when calving is in full swing, and help keep everyone safe and healthy, says DairyNZ.

With calving fast approaching, dairy farmers and calf readers are planning for the busy months ahead. But NZAgbiz suggests that planning for long term productivity and profitable returns is about much more than preparing to cope with the demands of the season.

The pain scale medical professionals use with people isn’t applicable to animals. They can’t tell us whether they’re experiencing a 5 or a 9 out of 10. But that doesn’t mean they are not impacted by pain.

A Canterbury farmer has been disqualified from owning calves and fined $26,000 following the death of a large number of calves he was raising.