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Prepackaged colostrum replacers are an easy way to quickly feed colostrum to a newborn calf. However, while they do come with many benefits, there are a few potential negative aspects of utilizing this nutritional tool.

Many dairy farm kids start working on their family farm at a young age with many starting by learning to help feed bottle calves. However, experts say as children grow, so should their responsibilities.

With grain markets continuing to march upwards, dairy producers are questioning how they will manage not only the increase to their feed bill, but a possible shortage of ingredients to feed their cows.

Butter melted away most of last week’s gains, falling 5.25 cents to $1.8225 per lb. in the CME Spot Dairy Auction.

Researchers are exploring whether cattle would benefit from pain management associated with calving.

Friday wrapped up a week of big swings for most commodities.

Some days we truly are living. The skies are clear and so are our eyes. Good days makes us see the beauty in it all—corn popping up out of the ground, cows filling the bulk tank, kids helping and grandpa smiling.