A tremendous amount of research has been published and continues to be performed related to colostrum management of dairy cattle. Much less research has addressed colostrum management in beef cattle and their calves.

Managing inflammation isn’t the sole solution for transition cow health, but it unifies how environmental, nutritional and management factors influence the cow’s success or failure during transition.

Feed costs account for more than 45% of production costs and approach nearly 60% with high feed costs. Obviously, dairy income is directly proportional to milk volume, composition and quality produced on the farm.