HeyJaredThe myCOW Podcast
myCOW: Dairy nutrition, cow health & practical NZ farming adviceWant to get more milk from your feed? The myCOW Podcast, hosted by Shaun Balemi M.Sc NZARN, is your go-to podcast for practical, science-backed insights that help improve dairy herd performance.
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Ep 22 - NEW SERIES Ep 4 - What our springers are telling us in the paddock (opens the original)
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In this episode of the myCOW podcast, Shaun Balemi looks at the visual cues springer cows, colostrum cows, and fresh cows can give farmers about stress, feed balance, metabolic health and recovery after calving. Shaun explains what to look for in the paddock, from rumen fill, appetite and manure consistency to unusual posture, jumpiness, isolation from the herd, dehydration and changes in feeding behaviour. He covers how hunger, feed access, weather, competition and mineral balance can affect co
Ep 21 - NEW SERIES Ep 3 - Using blood test data to measure springer cow success (opens the original)
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In this episode of the myCOW podcast, Shaun Balemi looks at how blood testing can help farmers understand what is happening in springer cows, colostrum cows and milkers through transition and early lactation. Shaun explains when to collect blood samples, which cows to test and what different blood markers can tell you about mineral balance, liver function, condition loss, oxidative capacity and inflammation. The episode covers calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, NEFA and BHB, along with other measur
Ep 20 - NEW SERIES Ep 2: Using springer feed data to unlock performance (opens the original)
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In this episode of the myCOW podcast, Shaun Balemi looks at how feed and herbage testing can help farmers plan springer cow diets and improve transition outcomes. Shaun explains what to test, when to collect samples and how to interpret results across energy, protein, fibre, DCAD, major minerals and trace minerals. The episode covers practical sampling methods, how weather and feed wastage affect actual intake and why test results need to be considered alongside cow appetite, rumination, behavio
Ep 19 - NEW SERIES Ep 1 - Unlocking your farm's potential with data (opens the original)
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What does a successful transition look like, and how can farm data help you see whether cows are on track? In the first episode of our new series about using springer and transition cow data, Shaun Balemi outlines six measures of transition success: Body condition Liver and rumen health Metabolic disease Immune function Early peak milk Reproductive performance Shaun also looks at the growing amount of information available from cow wearables, milk records, blood testing, pasture data, body condi
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