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Using sexed female and sexed male semen is helping one farmer optimise the value of every calf.

Using ultrasound on calves’ lungs has helped one Powys calf rearer to pick up signs of respiratory disease earlier, target antibiotic use and reduce mortality.

Segmenting the herd and targeting sexed female and male semen towards appropriate animals will help optimise any sexed and beef strategy.

Genomic testing, together with targeted use of sexed semen on cows and heifers is part of a strategy to maximise the output from every cow space at Slough Court, Somerset.

Fraser Jones thinks it is no coincidence cows are milking well, while calf immunoglobulin levels are the highest they have ever been.

Genomic testing, together with targeted use of sexed semen on cows and heifers is part of a strategy to maximise the output from every cow space at Slough Court, Somerset.

In the last of our series on cultivations, Mike Abram looks at how they can be used to improve control of grass-weed species.