Feeding milk to calves through a teat meets the calf’s biological need to suckle, but excellent standards of hygiene are needed to avoid digestive upsets and disease spread. Daily cleaning, ...

Calves are arriving steadily on the farm now; it’s the best part of early spring, as the joy is still very much there before the tiredness creeps in later in the month. It has been a busy week on the ...

We are heading towards the end of the spring calving period,with very strong market demand continuing for all calves. We are heading towards the end of the spring calving period,with very strong ...

In dairy farming, getting a handle on feeding is the single most important determinant of the profitability of your farm. It is the basis of production, growth, health and body condition. Yakub Bachu, ...

Making it easy to carry out routine tasks is essential to optimise calf health, welfare and productivity. Emily Linton of Torch Farm Vets offers expert advice. I walked onto a farm last summer to find ...

“Ever since I constructed comfortable calf pens, the quality of my cows has improved,” says Matsiko. Dairy farmer Nicholas Matsiko likes his calves. However, soon after he started his dairy farm in ...

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In dairy farming, getting a handle on feeding is the single most important determinant of the profitability of your farm. It is the basis of production, growth, health and body condition. Yakub Bachu, ...