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If your heifers calve between 23 and 25 months then they will go on to yield more over their first five years of life compared to older calving animals.

We all know that time is money on the farm, computerised feeding systems are an investment in your farms future succession plan.

Family dairy farmers the Kidds from Quernmore near Lancaster have spent the last 10 years future-proofing their milking enterprise in the hope of building a sustainable farming business for the next generation.

Young calves are very susceptible to low temperatures. They are on highly digestible feed and are not yet ruminating so less heat is generated by digestion.