When calves are born, they need three things: 1. Air 2. Heat 3. Food As the temperature decreases and the wind chill increases, the window for newborn calf care shrinks. Now is good time to remind everyone working Continue Reading
Year: 2015
If you’re like every other producer I know, efficiency and low waste is something we all aim for on the farm. We all want to get the best bang for our buck. However, there are a few instances in the calf world that Continue Reading
If you’ve had me on your farm, you’ll know that the majority of calf cases I see out in the country are still related to scours. Today, most dairymen know that scours is not from “overfeeding” calves, but rather it Continue Reading
So the moment has finally arrived. You have waited almost 2 years for that heifer calf to grow, get pregnant and now it is calving day. Now is the moment when she is going to start to put a few dollars in the bank Continue Reading
With markets being what they are today at $15.56 per cwt (at the time of my drafting this article per the CME), we in the dairy industry need all the help we can get reducing our cost of production and increasing Continue Reading
As dairy beef culling prices and milk prices have reached very profitable highs, we have a unique opportunity to transfer marginally profitable dairy animals into profitable beef animals while replacing her with a Continue Reading
Salmonella bacterial species can be a master of disguise. They will often cause diarrhea but not always. The same species of Salmonella can cause sudden death or pneumonia. There are other species that cause chronic Continue Reading
Over the last few months, I have had several inquiries about automated calf feeders and their true value to calf producers. Many of the auto calf feeder companies market these units as saving 10 minutes per calf, as Continue Reading
Many producers see an elevation in their somatic cell count during the warm, humid summer months. As those months are coming to a close, now would be a good time to review the groups of cows that are contributing to Continue Reading
As we work through situations involving sick calves, we always talk about how calf feeding equipment is cleaned and disinfected. The two most common mistakes that I see are: 1. We rinse the equipment with hot water Continue Reading
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