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The 2014 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association Conference featured two panel discussions. In this excerpt, hear from JP Hall, Halls Calf Ranch; Mike Larson, Larson Acres; and Joel Sutter, Fertile Ridge Dairy, as they talk about challenges in calf-raising and new technologies.
Q. What challenges do you face when it comes to calf housing and health on your farms?
HALL: One of our biggest chores is communication between us and our clients, and that’s because we don’t have control over how that calf is taken care of the first 12 hours of birth.
Is now the time to install solar panels on your dairy farm? Are incentives still available?
Solar panel prices are falling, but past solar projects have been supported by grants, tax credits or green energy subsidies.
Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition is focused more than ever on helping dairy producers successfully navigate the journey through the transition period, the most critical time in a dairy cow’s life.
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow more time to examine a controversial draft regulation expanding the waterways subject to regulation under the federal Clean Water Act.
For the first time in three years, U.S. cotton acreage is expected to increase. While the anticipated boost in cottonseed supplies would suggest more attractive cottonseed prices for dairy producers this fall, experts are mixed on where end-of-season prices could land.
ABS Global Inc. is pushing toward improving lifetime feed efficiency genetics, while using current information to identify the best sires based on the knowledge we have today, according to Carlos Saviani, head of global marketing for the company.
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