Attention to detail and consistency are the keys to success with calves, according to consultant vet Tommy Heffernan. It ...

University of Minnesota Extension I recently visited dairy farms throughout Minnesota with my University of Minnesota Extension colleagues. We observed that many dairies ...

Glacier FarmMedia - Today’s dairy calves are fed about eight litres of milk per day, and some farms are feeding up to 12.
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Calving cows down with minimal complication with a live calf, getting colostrum into the calf, introducing them to the farm's milk feeding system ... a litre of water. Automatic feeders are ...

What is one to do with all that milk ... system. Clean, fresh water should be offered to calves at all times. Typically, calves for beef are weaned around 6-10 months. If you are feeding a ...

The importance of feeding ... calves, especially when they are machine fed from a young age. Transition milk is the milk a cow produces after colostrum and it helps the calf develop its digestive ...

Stomach tubes and milk lines in automated calf feeders ... he anticipates ad-lib feeding becoming much more widespread. He points out that as well as priming the immune system, heifer calves ...