Animal

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Caring For Calves

For managers of teams involved in the care of calves from the paddock through the first few days of a calf’s life. Simple processes, to make sure that every calf has the best possible start.

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Calves

Body Condition Scoring Made Easy Field Guide

Condition score (BCS) your dairy herd accurately and consistently by using this handy field guide for objective levels for animal measurement.

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Body condition score

Body Condition Scoring Reference Guide

Aims to provide advice on body condition score (BCS) targets, management strategies, and an overview of how to get accurate and consistent results.

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Body condition score

FeedChecker calculator

The FeedChecker calculator is a robust way to ensure you are optimising feed allocation throughout the year.

Tools & Apps

Nutrition

Ranking of Active Sires

The RAS list is published by NZAEL, an independent animal evaluation body working alongside breeding companies for greater genetic gains.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Bull Search

Search for an individual bull or set criteria to produce a list of bulls to suit your requirements.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Bull Team

Simply use the RAS list or search below to add bulls. This page will update with your new selections.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Heifer Development Plan

Growing heifers well, so that they meet their liveweight targets, can improve farm productivity and profitability. Use this tool to set a plan for the first two years of a heifer's life.

Tools & Apps

Heifers

Lameness Calculator

Use this tool to calculate the impact of lameness on the farm business bottom line and to show the origin of these costs.

Tools & Apps

Lameness

Lameness Field Guide

A farmer's guide to treating lameness.

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Lameness

FeedChecker calculator

The FeedChecker calculator is a robust way to ensure you are optimising feed allocation throughout the year.

Tools & Apps

Nutrition

Animal Herd Averages

Breeding Worth (BW), Production Worth (PW) and trait Breeding Values are available to help farmers make breeding, culling and purchasing decisions.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Healthy Hoof app

The Healthy Hoof app has been discontinued and is now unavailable for use. Visit the page for alternative solutions.

Tools & Apps

Lameness

Lameness Calculator

Use this tool to calculate the impact of lameness on the farm business bottom line and to show the origin of these costs.

Tools & Apps

Lameness

Mastitis Investigation Kit

The SmartSAMM Mastitis Investigation Kit (the Kit) provides a resource that professional advisors can use to gather information during a full mastitis investigation.

Tools & Apps

Mastitis

Mastitis performance calculator

This Calculator estimates the potential economic benefits of 'closing the gap' between your herd's actual performance and your target performance, for udder health and milk quality.

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Mastitis

Heifer Development Plan

Growing heifers well, so that they meet their liveweight targets, can improve farm productivity and profitability. Use this tool to set a plan for the first two years of a heifer's life.

Tools & Apps

Heifers

InCalf reproduction gap calculator

The calculations made with this tool are estimates of the ‘opportunity cost’ of less-than optimal reproductive performance in a specific herd.

Tools & Apps

Animal

Body Condition Scoring App

Our new and improved Body Condition Scoring (BCS) app makes scoring your cows faster and easier. Designed with farmer feedback and testing, the app helps your record, track and analyse BCS data with ease.

Tools & Apps

Body condition score

Bull Search

Search for an individual bull or set criteria to produce a list of bulls to suit your requirements.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Ranking of Active Sires

The RAS list is published by NZAEL, an independent animal evaluation body working alongside breeding companies for greater genetic gains.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Dry off date to reach BCS targets at calving

This tool estimates the latest date to dry cows off to ensure they meet BCS targets at calving.

Tools & Apps

Body condition score

Bull Team

Simply use the RAS list or search below to add bulls. This page will update with your new selections.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Feedright tutorials

Learn about dairy cow nutrition and feed management in pasture-based systems with these fun, bite-sized e-learning tutorials and videos.

Tools & Apps

Nutrition

Breeding Worth Tool

The Breeding Worth Tool shows the effect that economic values have on the overall breeding worth of a bull.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions