A data-driven approach to herd health has seen a high-output dairy cut its vet and medicine cost in the past six years by nearly 0.5p/litre to 0.72p/litre. Phil Halhead, of Norbreck Farm, Cockerham, near Lancaster, currently pays £87 a cow for all drugs, herd health scheme work, consultancy, and vet time (see table below). He […]
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