Dairy Calves - News & Insights
Stay updated on the latest dairy calf management strategies. Explore expert advice on colostrum management, calf nutrition, disease prevention, and the beef-on-dairy trend to ensure a healthy, productive future for your herd.
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.
When baby calves are transported from their home dairy to a separate rearing site, they need support in multiple ways.
It has been well-documented that feeding preweaned calves on a higher plane of nutrition improves calf health and performance. However, providing calves more nutrients may also promote wound healing.
Holstein springers ended November with healthy value gains in California and Pennsylvania.
The Dairy Cattle Welfare Council is planning two educational webinars in December – one in English and the other in Spanish.
Just like children letting off some steam on the playground, calves too could benefit from physical enrichment.
Without intervention, 40% of calves that need more than minor assistance at birth will die.
Holstein springer values nationwide remained relatively unchanged in the past month, even as the nation’s dairy herd size grows.
University of Wisconsin animal welfare researcher Sarah Adcock addresses several considerations when using caustic paste to complete disbudding, as well as some drawbacks that could be improved upon.
Compared to Holsteins, is calving time with crossbreds more difficult in terms of calf weight, stillbirth, gestation length, or dystocia?
Health records key to estimating costs of BRD in your herd
Ear tags, a fundamental tool in dairy production, have been in short supply for months on end. Find out why the backlog happened, and the steps being taken to remedy it.
Another story that continues to unfold is the shift of herds inland. Tanner Ehmke with CoBank says this long-term trend of migration from the coastal areas to the central states where costs are lower will continue.
Castration is an essential management procedure for the cow-calf producer that is often performed for both handling and economic reasons.
Aggressively consuming dry feeds is the gateway to healthy weaning for young dairy calves.
Head to Georgia and you’ll find a farmer with a New York accent and no dairy in his DNA. Nevertheless, Pete Gelber is a dairy farmer who offers a unique, firsthand perspective on succession planning.
Giving a second feeding of colostrum to dairy calves can help increase successful passive transfer.
Here are five tips to ensure you’re storing and handling colostrum properly.
Because newborn calves have very little body fat to help them stay warm, calf jackets can help them preserve energy, protect immunity and improve daily gain.
Effectively treating calves for scours could be as easy as feeding them something that virtually every dairy farm has on hand: colostrum.
Many U.S. dairy producers use chopped straw in their heifer rations to add fiber and bulk. But a common grain contaminant also may be lurking in straw.
Despite experiencing Hurricane Ian firsthand, Dakin Dairy Farms in Myakka City, Fla., is committed to not only making sure their cows are still well cared for, but they’re also becoming a local helping hub.
Two dairy farms of different sizes and scales share how they push forward with raising healthy calves to fill their future pipeline.
Neospora is the most commonly diagnosed cause of abortions in cattle both domestically and worldwide.
Feeding waste milk to calves captures high-quality nutrients and adds value to a product that otherwise would be discarded. But recent research sheds light on concerns about the practice.
Excess copper can be too much of a good thing for preweaned dairy calves.
The Schutte family was presented with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award. This award recognizes Iowa livestock farmers who take pride in caring for the environment, their livestock, and being good neighbors.
The U.S. lost 6% of its dairy farms in 2021 and now has fewer than 30,000 farms. According to Oregon Dairy Farmers Association, as of January 1, the Beaver State has 171 Grade A licensed dairy farms.
As more farms adopt automatic feeders and group housing to raise their preweaned calves, more, too, is being understood about the factors that impact calf health in such rearing systems.
The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program has recently launched its open comment survey for the FARM Animal Care Program’s drafted Version 5 standards updates.