Breastfeeding is a natural process that should be a good experience for both you and your baby. It helps your bond, and breast milk has all the nutrients that a growing baby needs. However, it takes a ...

Feeding calves non-saleable milk can be a good economic decision for the dairy, but it is important to understand the risks. Tailgate promotions score a touchdown for dairy ...

Management decisions made early in a dairy calf's life can have significant impacts not just on the animal's performance and lifetime productivity, but also on their welfare. A new study published in ...

“It’s a huge labour-saving and reliable system,” says Justin Zweck about their GEA automated calf feeders. Raising healthy calves in a modern dairy world is both rewarding and relentless.

There are many reasons among cow-calf operators as to whether they bring out their creep feeders during the grazing season. To some producers, it is a matter of pure economics to put on profitable ...

Creep feeding provides supplemental feed to nursing calves while preventing cow access to the feeder. The goal is to maximize calf growth prior to weaning by supplying additional nutrients that milk ...

It seems logical that delivering liquid rations to preweaned dairy calves more frequently throughout the day would help improve their performance. But a summary of consensus data from research studies ...

The Nebraska Extension will host a webinar entitled Drylot Feeding Cow-calf Pairs in the Spring and Summer of 2025 on Monday, Jan. 13, at 6:30 p.m. MT. Drought continues in Nebraska in the western and ...

FORT ATKINSON, Wis. — New developments in calf nutrition may change the way dairymen feed their animals. “There are many papers that show that increasing average daily gain during the preweaning ...

Feeding calves one additional time per day can lead to bigger, stronger calves. Feeding calves one additional time per day can lead to bigger, stronger calves and more heifers entering the milking ...