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What happens when a farmer takes a vacation, becomes ill or gets hurt? Developing a plan today, that can be put into action tomorrow when the owner or manager is gone is essential.

The drought out west isn’t just impacting grain and livestock producers. It’s also impacting California’s dairy industry.

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.