Apply the 10-percent rule

A healthy post-partum dairy cow should have a 10 percent increase in milk production per day, says Carlos Risco, of the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine. If not, it indicates an underlying problem. Use this as yet another monitoring tool for your fresh-cow program.

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