There is family history on the farm that Stanley Fraser purchased in 1927. Originally a mixed farm, as most were in those days, the business has seen a number of changes over the years.

Editor’s note: This is the first article in a series. Calf development is in producers' hands is the second part of this series.  It’s impressive the amount of information we have regarding calves nowadays. Sometimes it seems a difficult task to stay ahead of the different pieces of research constantly being published or discussed in meetings and conferences, and we wonder if even the scientific community has reached an agreement on some aspects of raising dairy calves.

There has definitely been a trend upwards of the various forms of clostridial disease seen in primarily inside-housed dairy cattle.