“In August, because we had so many more calves, we were 1,200 litres up per day over the same time the previous year. Percentage wise, that’s nearly 20%”
Bruce Glasgow, Owner
Challenges
“It felt like we had an increased empty rate, possibly because the labourers aren’t so skilled at heat detection or identifying the individual cows – they don’t know the cows as well as I do.”
System
Allflex Heatime® HR System with HR LD tags for heat detection, health monitoring and identification.
Benefits
Whilst the Allflex system is always working, Bruce uses it most during the 12- week joining period from October through to January, when he checks the Heat Report daily, and joins cows accordingly.
At a Glance
- Company: Derryvale Dairy
- Location: South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
- Herd Size: 275 milking cows; Holstein and Jersey
Summary
Looking forward, Bruce is hoping for additional benefits from Heatime. “We try to match our peak milk production with our peak grass production. So if we can get more cows going into peak production at the same time we have the most grass, we can get more milk cheaper.”
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27% more cows in calf to AI, with expected
$32,000
revenues from selling extra springing heifers.
