DairyTalk 417: Fertility problems start in management - not in the breeding schedule - by Helmut Demmelhuber

This episode draws on several technical articles examining how to
improve fertility in dairy herds and puts key management levers
into perspective. It highlights that reproductive performance is
driven less by isolated interventions and more by consistent
processes across transition management, metabolic stability, and
heat detection. The period around calving emerges as a critical
bottleneck, where nutritional missteps can impair fertility well
beyond early lactation. The analysis also shows that digital
monitoring only creates value when embedded in structured
routines. Ultimately, fertility becomes a management outcome
shaped by the interaction of animal health, data use, and
decision-making. With comments on a "Rind & Wir"-article
(April 2026) by Mareike Wollert:
https://rinderallianz.de/flipbook/Rind-und-Wir--August-2025