Among them were, pictured above from left, DairyNZ strategy and investment portfolio manager Jenny Jago with panel members Sir Maarten Wevers and Barry Brook and DairyNZ animal welfare specialist Andrea Henry.
Meeting body condition score (BCS) targets at critical parts of the year has a significant impact on productivity, particularly reproductive performance and better monitoring of cow condition results in healthier cows.
Rural professionals and farmers involved in the scheme now have access to a BCS app to make it easier to capture data – and that was also shown to the visitors.
