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Dry cow ration changes have helped boost health and production. Rhian Price reports.Taking steps to improve dry cow condition through controlled energy feeding and improved cow management has boosted fertility and milk yields at Brookside Farm, Pulford, Chester.When Cheshire dairy farmer Richard Fair consolidated his three dairy units and moved the herd to a bigger unit in Pulford 10 years ago, cows were bought in to expand the herd from 450 to 750. But this led to a wide variation in cow type and body condition, says Mr Fair, who farms in partnership with his nephew Peter Cope.