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'Rookies' are your future: 3 tips for assessing their first year

Daily weight gain along with a healthy immune system can go a long way to meeting first-lactation goals and maximizing profitability.

June 6, 2022

Raffael Lichdi

Every team has its own philosophy on developing young talent. The goal for most coaches is to turn all first-year players, the rookies, into dependable assets that can have a big impact on the game while setting the team up for long-term success.

8 ways to prepare and support young calves for transportation

Transportation can be a stressful event for calves. Without proper management before, during and after the event, diseases and other issues that arise from this can have lifelong consequences.

May 31, 2022

Olivia Genther-Schroeder and Jill Soderstrom

Rearing dairy calves has evolved over the last decade. Traditionally, calves were born, raised and lived on one farm for their entire life.

To weaning and beyond!

Weaning calves early pays dividends in better calf performance and in saving money by feeding less milk replacer per calf. Here are some guidelines about weaning and taking care of calves after weaning.

May 20, 2022

Drew A. Vermeire

Weaning calves early pays dividends in better calf performance and in saving money by feeding less milk replacer per calf. Here are some guidelines about weaning and taking care of calves after weaning.

Group housing for pre-weaned calves: Research on health outcomes

May 19, 2022

Betsy Karle

Research is generally mixed on the feasibility of group housing for pre-weaned calves, especially relative to calf health.

What colostrum audits are telling us

May 7, 2022

Phillip Jardon

There are certain times on a dairy when it is necessary to take a moment to assess performance in key management areas. There are TMR audits, parlor audits, reproduction audits and other assessment programs that help gauge successes and, most importantly, outline areas for continuous improvement.

Calf data – the missing puzzle piece in cow performance?

Data can help uncover why an animal isn’t meeting performance goals and reveal management areas to improve. Records should start at birth and include disease, serum total protein and weights.

April 29, 2022

Taliah Danzinger

We rely on cow data to make decisions every day. But what about calf and heifer data? Too often we only detect underperforming animals once they enter the milking string. Why is one cow falling behind her peers? Without data to inform us, we’re left guessing the reason.

3 basics for treating calfhood respiratory disease

April 1, 2022

Serious disease, lifelong impact — bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the leading health concerns impacting heifer calves on dairies, even on the best-managed operations. Be armed with these three facts about BRD, and know the signs to watch for should BRD find its way into your herd.

Three key management phases to prevent respiratory disease

March 24, 2022

Matt Dodd

It’s good to have goals. It gives you something to shoot for whether it’s in your personal life or as a dairy producer. On your dairy, there are a wide variety of goals you can strive to accomplish. Some may relate to basic protocols while others may center on performance.

Key puzzle pieces that impact first-lactation milk production

March 23, 2022

Lucas Mitchell

When building a puzzle, many people start with the corners and put together the frame first. This process is exciting. You’re starting something new and seeing the scope of the finished product.

Avoid antibiotic resistance in calves fed waste milk

February 24, 2022

Mike Opperman

Cows spend the vast majority of their lives eating forages and concentrates and turning those products into large volumes of high-quality milk.

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'Rookies' are your future: 3 tips for assessing their first year

8 ways to prepare and support young calves for transportation

To weaning and beyond!

Group housing for pre-weaned calves: Research on health outcomes

What colostrum audits are telling us

Calf data – the missing puzzle piece in cow performance?

3 basics for treating calfhood respiratory disease

Three key management phases to prevent respiratory disease

Key puzzle pieces that impact first-lactation milk production

Avoid antibiotic resistance in calves fed waste milk

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