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Use of polled genetics builds momentum

Polled genetics have improved over the past decade, giving producers a chance to avoid disbudding calves without compromising production levels.

December 4, 2025

Chuck Sattler

Breeding for polled animals is the only real way to effectively manage the pain caused by disbudding. It also is an effective way to eliminate this problematic calf management chore.

FARM Animal Care Program releases Version 5 standards

July 12, 2024

Beverly Hampton Phifer

The FARM Program’s latest Animal Care standards released July 1 reflects current science-based industry standards for cow and calf care and provides best management practices for participants.

Living up to our new code of practice

The updated Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle has come into effect, and although daunting, its implementation is likely to bring win-wins for the farmer and the cattle they care for.

March 26, 2024

Daniel M. Weary

It has now been more than a year since Canada’s new Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle was published. With only a few exceptions, the requirements of the new code came into effect on April 1, 2024. How can our industry live up to the new standards it has set for itself in this code?

3 Ph.D. graduates discuss how their research can lead to improvements in dairy welfare

April 30, 2021

Emma Ohirko

Before you are able to implement new management practices on your dairy, or before your nutritionist or vet can recommend a new practice, you and they must – or at least should – consult what has been proven through research.

3 Open Minutes with Fred Gingrich

March 11, 2020

Walt Cooley

At the beginning of 2020, AABP updated its production practice guidelines for dehorning calves, and one of the significant updates was a recommendation for pain mitigation.

Using pain mitigation when disbudding calves

January 24, 2020

Charlotte Winder

Disbudding without pain control is painful! All methods work by removing or damaging horn-producing tissue, and all methods have been shown to cause pain when done without appropriate pain control.

Dehorning hurts, but we can do something about it

March 31, 2016

Asadeh Behnam-Shabahang, Heather W. Neave, and Marina Von Keyserlingk

There is no doubt that dehorning (also referred to as disbudding) is painful. Given that much of the horn as well as the skin surrounding the horn is highly innervated, dehorning elicits immediate and acute reactions from calves. However, the pain from dehorning can and should be minimized.

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Use of polled genetics builds momentum

FARM Animal Care Program releases Version 5 standards

Living up to our new code of practice

3 Ph.D. graduates discuss how their research can lead to improvements in dairy welfare

3 Open Minutes with Fred Gingrich

Using pain mitigation when disbudding calves

Dehorning hurts, but we can do something about it

[Webinar] Dairy Market Update June 2026: Protect What You've Built Before July 1

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