Four areas to focus on for better autumn-calving fertility

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AHDB Dairy found block-calving herds that calve 90% of their cows in the first six weeks outperform those with longer calving periods. Hayley Parrott reports.Practising farm vet Dave Gilbert, who has 13 years' experience working with block-calving herds, says the first step to getting the calving period and fertility sorted is deciding when you want to start calving, how long you want the block to be and what the desired output is.