While calf prices have fallen in fall 2025, calf prices are still historically high. With relatively low 2025 feed grain ...

Feeding calves colostrum benefits the producer of beef or dairy cattle by saving calf lives. Colostrum can be particularly valuable when given to calves that are orphaned or weak at birth or that do ...

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With current calf prices, many operations will be profitable, but paying attention to the cost side is still important.

The target of all good dairies should be to minimise mortality, and providing calves with enough good-quality colostrum as quickly as possible after calving is a vital first step to achieve this. The ...

The higher cost of milk replacer has made it more expensive to feed young dairy calves recently. But as feed costs have increased, so has the value of young calves, with day-old calves selling for ...

Embracing the North American strategy of feeding a high-protein pellet to calves has been part of a ration rethink that has knocked one month off finishing times for rose veal calves at Warren Hill ...

Almost 20% cleaned pens infrequently (about once per month), while 30% cleaned only between calving seasons. Analysis of the survey results showed that regular cleaning of calf pens appeared to be ...