Welfarm

WelFarm is an assurance programme designed to help dairy farmers better understand key animal health markers, and how they impact the optimisation of on-farm production.

Animal welfare is becoming more important and driven by consumer demands, overseas markets are now asking for proof that we are as good as we say we are!

What's Included:

4 x Body Condition Scores
- Pre-calving, pre-mating, Jan/Feb and pre dry-off. Mob Scores, given average + spread.
1 x Lameness Score
- Score all cows as leaving from milking on a scale from 0 to 3.
1 x Tail Score
- Palpation off all cows tails to record any breaks, docking or damage etc.

We gather information from our records or yours for 6 week in-calf rate, clinical mastitis SCC, mortality rate, replacement rate, antibiotic usage, vet visits, etc. We then compare your values and benchmark them against both Taranaki and the national averages.

Our farm owners like that it helps them keep track of their farm’s performance when they’re not actively on-farm themselves.

Broken tails have become more of an issue recently. By individually recording the cows that are already damaged is a way to protect both the owners and the managers/workers interests

How to Sign Up

The sign up form can be picked up from the clinic or email - contact Brenda to organise this today

Website: https://www.welfarm.co.nz/

Brochure: Welfarm brochure