The I-29 Extension Dairy Consortium's recent educational effort titled Raising Your Best Calf Ever updated calf raisers on the key components of raising dairy calves. It started with a "Boots on the ...

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - Extension dairy specialist Jennifer Bentley discussed automatic calf feeding systems during recent Dairy Days in Sioux Center and Spencer. Bentley talked about the pros and cons ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Chad Carlson didn't rush in to building a new calf facility. Rather, the Pennock dairyman spent three to four years researching calf barns. He was most concerned with getting the ...

JULIE Newnham admits she initially resisted the suggestion to install automatic calf feeders when the family decided to increase the herd size from 500 to 700 cows. Once they were installed she ...

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Zack Evers (left), 21, and his younger brother Eric Evers inside their new calf barn at Evermay Farms. The new barn was created for group calf housing so that the calves can have access to the ...

(left) Zack Evers, 21, and his brother Eric Evers, 19, inside their new calf barn at Evermay Farm. The new barn was created for group calf housing so that the calves can have access to the automatic ...

Shoreview, Minn. [August 18, 2016] – Land O’Lakes Animal Milk Products Co., has invested in automatic calf feeding certification and training programs to equip its sales and service personnel with the ...

WATKINS, Minn. -- Even with lower milk prices in the last six to eight months, interest in robotic milking machines and automatic calf feeders remains high, according to one of the region's largest ...

There is a lot of talk in our house about the feeding and weaning of grandsons, with a few born already, and more to come. Should they be fed with mother’s milk, or with milk replacer, and then comes ...

Labour requirements and fixed costs have been cut by an automatic cattle feeding system that has also improved grower-stage performance by 100g a day on a beef ...