Dairy Cows | 5th Business Agri

Emily House

Busting 3 Common Myths on Pasture Diversity and Grazing Livestock

Supported by the regenerative movement, pasture diversification is having its moment in the sun as farmers begin to recognise the value...

Emily House

What’s on The Menu at Your Farm?

This may be a question you ask yourself daily, but I’m not talking about your lunch. Instead, what diversity of pasture species are you...

Emily House

Looking for an easier calving? Consider your fertiliser choices.

It’s never too early to start thinking about how you can improve outcomes over calving and reviewing your autumn fertiliser choices is a...

Emily House

Farming Research – Where Should the Dollars be Spent?

A couple of years ago vet and 5th Business Agri founder Pat Poletti published an excellent article with a similar title. Pat was...

Pat Poletti

Managing Our Magnificent Animals

Another season, another series of newspaper articles opining the dwindling reproductive efficiency of the national dairy herd. It’s a...

Pat Poletti

Autumn Fertiliser Choices – What kind of Spring will you have?

A client posed a question this week when we were discussing fertiliser options. He said, “I can buy a heck of a lot of magnesium oxide to su

Pat Poletti

Walking the Tightrope of Milk Fever

“Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed” quipped US writer Mason Cooley. He may have had a milk fever...

Emily House

Is Whole Herd Dry Cow Therapy the Answer?

Whole herd dry cow therapy is still very commonly used to prevent high SCC and clinical mastitis at drying off, however with growing...

Reducing Metabolics