NEW DELHI, March 9 -- Small changes are making a big difference for AHDB strategic dairy farmer Willie Baillie. After reviewing his nutrition management he made the decision to reduce sorting by soaking concentrates overnight.
In just a few weeks he saw his milk yields increase by 1.5L/cow.
Willie, who farms in Lanarkshire in southern Scotland, joined the strategic farm programme in 2018, with the aim of increasing his lifetime milk yield from 11,400L to 12,000L, through making changes to both nutrition and herd genomics.
Independent nutritionist Hugh Kerr worked with Willie to identify possible changes to his feeding regime, which would improve the dry matter intake of his 310-strong herd of pedigree Holsteins.
After lively discussions...