PreFresh Pen Size Calculator

By University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine on AppTrack Ninja.

The prefresh or close-up pen is the only pen in a dairy herd where the cow decides when she leaves. She alone determines the time of calving. This creates a potential bottleneck on the farm and results in overstocking at this critical time unless we over-build the area to alleviate stocking pressure during a calving surge. The purpose of this calculator is to predict the required group size for the prefresh pen based on estimates of herd size, calving seasonality, age distribution and target duration of stay. Enter the milking herd size, percent of the herd that is in the first lactation, the…

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