High performing Jersey cows to go to market
High performing Jersey cows to go to market 21 Dec, 2020 10:30 PM 6 minutes to read The Country In a little over ten years, Christine and Fraser Macbeth have gone from having their first contract cow, to getting five bulls into sire proving schemes this year, and becoming the highest production worth herd in the country. The couple, who milk 260 Jersey and crossbred cows under the Cawdor Jerseys brand, average 390 kilograms of milksolids per cow from a 270 day lactation, in a full season once-a-day (OAD) system. The couple are aiming to increase this to 400 kilograms of milksolids this season...