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Farmer Writes: five stars, but late to the party


James Strain on his farm with his daughter.
My last cow just calved a couple of days ago, almost six weeks after her nearest counterpart.
Calving lasted exactly 12 weeks start to finish excluding this last girl, unfortunately she’s going to mess up my figures slightly. My breeding season officially ends at the end of April, normally most cows are severed well before.
As soon as they go to grass the bull does the work and for pure simplicity, he gets to stay with the herd all summer. It’s just easier than taking him away and keeping him on his own in a shed - it never seems fair. ....

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Farmer Writes: mixed emotions at scanning time


James Strain on farm with his daughter.
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Last weekend was an eventful one on the farm. Saturday morning began with scanning all the cows that were served over 28 days ago.
The results were good, with almost everything displaying to be in-calf. I was a little disappointed, however, to have two cows that were served 44 days ago, scan empty.
I had been keeping a fairly tight eye on them, or at least I thought I was. But I must have missed at least one repeat heat, if not two.
Served again
One of those two cows showed a heat on Saturday evening and has been served again, hopefully for the final time. I will now stop feeding meal to the cows that have scanned back in-calf. ....

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