Group housing of dairy calves is becoming more popular, and so are automatic milk feeders. Some of the reasons producers choose to use this new technology include addressing calf health and welfare concerns, and reducing labour while still providing calves with enough milk to reach their growth potential.

The field of genomics has the potential to not only improve the dairy industry at the herd level, but it has implications at national and global levels.

Dairy farmers have been dealing with mastitis for decades, and according to research, it’s one of the most costly diseases to the industry: about $4 million in losses each year, according to the Canadian Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality Research Network.