407: AHDB Dairy: Breeding for productivity in a block system

AHDB Food & Farming

English - August 14, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MB
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High quality cattle are key to dairy farming. This requires good quality genetics as without this and however good your management is, there is a cap to your herds productivity and profitability.

In this episode, Daisy Green, Knowledge Exchange Manager (Dairy), speaks to George Brown, a dairy farmer from Hampshire who has made significant changes to his herd.

Useful links

Dairy herd genetic reports | AHDB

Dairy breeding and genetics | AHDB

Breeding Blocks | AHDB

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This episode was produced Daisy Green and edited by Dami Oyinlola