Dr. Bob James, a dairy consultant and owner of Down Home Heifer Solutions, Blacksburg, VA (Former Extension Scientist at Virginia Tech) specializes in calf health and nutrition and works with many ...

A growing number of dairies are breeding some of their cows—the ones they don’t plan to raise replacement heifers from--to beef bulls, using semen from Angus or Charolais. The beef-dairy cross calves ...

When tracked across calves and over time, serum total protein can provide insights into calf health, management consistency ...

If you allow a calf to nurse instead of milking the cow twice a day, you’ll save time on chores. Here’s what you need to know for keeping a family cow from buying, milking, and caring for a family cow ...

A calf’s digestive system is shaped by more than time. Diet, milk intake and early environmental exposure all influence rumen development. On a recent episode of the Kansas State University Beef ...

Dairy calves must be fed appropriately to meet their nutritional needs, supporting optimal growth and development to achieve the recommended target age at first calving (AFC) of 24 months. Traditional ...

Australian dairy farmers are being urged to rethink their calf feeding regime after a visiting US vet said that feeding more to calves earlier, basing their feed on dry matter solids instead of litres ...

Kansas is home to 161,000 dairy cows, and the number grows each year with every large dairy that chooses to relocate to the Sunflower State. For nearly 20 years the Plains has been an ideal relocation ...