CARLIE BARRY

CARPENDEIT / VIC / ROUND 2

Carlie Barry, her husband Owen and their 5 daughters are dairy farmers in South West Victoria.  Milking up to 600 predominantly Stud Jersey cows over 2 farms, they have also diversified the farm business in the last 12 month by selling paddock to plate beef direct to the consumer.  Overall they are running 1000 head over 1300 acres.

They are in organic conversion and plan to be fully certified by July 2021.

Working with their Virbac/Multimin rep, their focus will be on improving the growth rate and immune response of young stock, and the fertility of their replacement heifers and milking cows.

MENTOR DETAILS

MENTOR NAME: ROD EVANS 

TIMING DATES 1

SELECTED ANIMAL GROUP: HEIFER CALVES

Number of head:  30 head

Initial treatment: May – weigh at birth and treat with Multimin

Objective: Treat with Multimin every 3 months and weigh and record any illness between the treated group and control group.

TIMING DATES 2

SELECTED ANIMAL GROUP: DAIRY COWS  

Initial treatment: April

Objective: Treat with Multimin at Dry Off to boost immunity pre-calving and aid cow recovery, then 4-6 weeks pre-join then treat with Multimin to assist with embryo retention. Measure and collect data, review results of the control group vs treated with Multimin.

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