Improved colostrum management, nutrition, and prevention-first health calf programs are boosting herd profitability, efficiency, and milk production.
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Plan toward better calves for healthier, more profitable dairy herds
Early nutrition, colostrum quality and preventive care are transforming calf health, herd longevity and bottom-line results
Carrier identification coming for dairy genetic defects
GENETICS | Lactanet partners with Angus group to help producers optimize beef-on-dairy genetics
More dairy producers are interested in getting a slice of the beef pie these days. That’s led Lactanet to work with an U.S.-based Angus association to share genotyping of Angus bulls from Canada, the U.S. and Australia and improve breeding decisions for those hybrid farms. Brian Van Doormaal, chief services officer for Lactanet, described the
Taking the bite out of cold-weather livestock care
Strategies for keeping calves warm and healthy
Glacier FarmMedia – The youngest calves on the farm are the most sensitive to temperature changes and, in the case of a turn toward colder weather, producers can have problems managing morbidity, mortality and suboptimal growth rates, said Sarah Morrison. She is a research scientist with the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy,