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![Winter Bedding Options Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/BatchelorsCubicle3.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
With straw supplies limited and expensive, different bedding options may prove economic for your herd. An increase in straw price of £15/tonne would typically increase c...
![Heat Stress Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/ParlourFan.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Heat stress in dairy cows can occur at temperatures of 22oC and above. A cow's digestive process creates a lot of heat energy (1.4 kW/day of heat for a cow producing 30 l...
![Urea Treated Wholecrop & Alkalage Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/urea-treated-wholecrop-and-alkalage.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Wholecrop can be barvested at a range of dry matters. Wholecrop silages which are over 55% dry matter can be preserved by urea treatment. Urea treated wholecrop offers ad...
![Grazed Grass (Setting up to Succeed) Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/BFMherd.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Grazed grass is a very cheap feed, typically with an ME of 11.5-12 and crude protein of 16-20%. Many herd owners and managers underestimate the value of grass and its use...
![Sourcing Borrowing Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/New-Building.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Finance costs account for 0.6ppl or £43 per cow of total farm costs, according to results from herds using Kingshay Full Costs service (ranging from virtually nothing to...
![Grazed Grass (Successful Management) Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/grazed-grass-management.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Grazed grass is a very cheap feed, typically with an ME of 11.5-12 and crude protein of 16-20%. Many herd owners and managers underestimate the value of grass and its use...
![Soil Improvement Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/EARTHWORMS.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Soil is arguably the most valuable natural resource on any farm and is often taken for granted. Linking progressive soil management to a livestock production system can a...
![Using Fertility Indices Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/BFFreshlyCalvedCowOct03.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
A key to reversing the general trend of declining fertility is to use the right measures which focus on getting cows pregnant. Most of the traditional measures are histor...
![Red Clover Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Red-Clover1.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
With nitrogen fertiliser unlikely to get any cheaper, soya predicted to increase in price in the medium to long term and land now more readily available, it is worth cons...
![Comfortable Standing Surfaces Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Rubber-parlour-mat.jpg_1858984529.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Cows and concrete are a difficult combination. Despite the clear benefits of concrete for managing housed cows, it is not a very comfortable standing surface and can be h...
![Maize Sprays & Treatments Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Spraycontrol.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Weed control is critical in a cost effective maize crop. There are now approximately only 11 active ingredients available in the UK compared to over 70 in France. Selecti...
![Metritis Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Metritis.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Good uterine health is critical to launch cows on a healthy, productive course after calving. Between 15 and 25% of all fresh cows and 80% of cows with retained cleanings...