As summer draws to a close and temperatures finally begin to cool, one would expect an immediate and natural recovery in milk production and the herd’s general health. However, on-farm data and international literature reveal a very different reali

The transition phase — that delicate period spanning the last three weeks of the dry period and the first thirty days of lactation — is the real ‘litmus test’ for any dairy farm. During this period, the cow undergoes profound hormonal, metabo