BACKGROUND Caveview Farm, owned by Brendan and Amanda Ashby, with Brendan’s parents, Trevor and Anne, was established in Allendale East, in South Australia, in the mid-1900s by Brendan’s grandparents. Today, the farm milks 350 cows and carries 250 heifers on 794 acres of land. CHALLENGES As a rotational grazing farm, effectively picking up heats and health issues, without too many false positives, is a constant challenge at Caveview. According to Brendan, one of his biggest issues has been getting cows back into calf as quickly as possible after calving. Previously, using visual observation and heat detection patches, it was taking 150-200 days to do this. His goal was to get the majority into calf in less than 100 days. Brendan also wanted to improve health management on the fa

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