How a new transition shed helped lift pregnancy rates to 35%
How a new transition shed helped lift pregnancy rates to 35% >More in Pregnancy rates have climbed from 28% to 35% since the Cope family improved transition cow accommodation. Before buying the neighbouring Adderley Lodge Farm in November 2019, transition space was a pinch point at the Copes’ home farm, Bawhill Farm, near Market Drayton, where they milk 1,150 cows. Husband-and-wife team Steve and Carolyn Cope, along with Steve’s parents, Rob and Geryl, previously operated a “just-in-time” calving system, with close-up-calving cows kept in 49 cubicles ...
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