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“That’s a lot of expensive feed.” This is a common initial reaction to feeding calves a higher plane of nutrition.
This approach to raising calves incorporates more nutrient-dense milk rations fed at a higher level to meet their needs early in life.
Quality calves are the future investment of every dairy operation, but raising them until they are ready to put milk in the tank is no easy task.
One of the founding principles of the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association is that growers can help one another through exchanging ideas and information.
The popular reproduction management strategies discussed during the 2013 American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Joint Annual Meeting in July revolved around new variations on synchronization protocols and a new drug for superovulation.
Editor’s note: This is the third and final article in a series following a Wisconsin dairy farm through the Repro Money program, administered by University of Wisconsin Extension. As a reminder, names have been omitted to not disclose the identity of the farm.
Tough economic times in the dairy industry call for refined breeding and feeding management techniques.
With the ever-increasing cost of feed, dairy producers are looking for ways to minimize feed costs, particularly in rearing replacement heifers. Another struggle is finding a market for their excess bull calves.
Reproductive performance of a dairy herd is a function of certain management policies and how well these are implemented in daily herd management.
It has long been known that there is an important economic advantage to be gained by efficient reproduction in dairy herds.
In the beef and dairy industries, technologies such as drawing blood for pregnancy detection are gaining in popularity.
With this increase in use, many adopters of this technology are looking to maximize their efficiencies by performing as many tests as they can using the same blood sample.
Last month I wrote, “You can always tell when the Lord is trying to teach you a principle because on-task real-life on-the-job experiences come in multiples.”
Not only does He give you opportunities on how to practice, He also gives you examples of how it should be done.
Before we know it, spring will be here again, begging us to get back into our crop fields. Having our equipment ready and able to handle the task requires some advanced planning and scheduling of check-ups, tune-ups and routine maintenance.
Animart adds Feed-O-Meter to its heat-detection system
Animart Inc., a privately held provider of animal health and veterinary products, has added Feed-O-Meter to its Track a))) Cow electronic heat-detection system.
