18 Mar 2024
Late turn-out anticipated?
With heavy rain battering the country in recent weeks, hopes of an early turn-out have been shattered. Most farmers I talk to believe it will be well into April before they can graze animals on spring grass. A longer housing season is an inconvenience, to be sure. It inevitably leads to increasing costs and, perhaps more frustratingly, poses potential risks to livestock health.
Chief among these is the threat of coccidiosis in calves. Cocci...