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By using precision technologies such as automated milk feeders and pedometers combined with machine learning, dairy producers can detect illness earlier and make informed decisions about treatment.

In our quest for healthy, growthy, efficiently raised calves, have we lost some of the more fundamental elements of what makes calves tick?

That jolt from your morning java also could be a handy helper in stimulating struggling newborn calves. Caffeine could help calves before they receive colostrum, or at other times when calves appear dull and lethargic.

Could reproductive hormones have an impact on the gut microbiota of cattle.

After some volatile stretches through the year, feed prices are posting a lower drama level as 2022 wraps up.

The dairy industry says even with inflation headwinds, there are some bright spots for dairy consumption in the U.S. going into 2023.

Concern for methane may be viewed as an idea imposed on them by parties with interests outside of agriculture. But Bill Wavrin, DVM, prefers to view methane through a more business-focused lens.

The 2022 corn crop is essentially all stashed away in the bin and the bunker. Are potentially damaging levels of mycotoxins in storage with it?