Electrolytes are often just the ticket calves need to get through a bout of diarrhea. Veterinarian Amelia Woolums recommends administering electrolytes as soon as diarrhea is identified to prevent dehydration,...

A smoky haze filled the sky around our Hoard’s Dairyman Farm several days this week, and poor air quality alerts have become somewhat the norm this summer

I have had the unique privilege of being able to raise and show both beef and dairy cattle

Human and animal interactions: Impacts on cows and caregivers is presented by: Lily Edwards-Callaway, Colorado State University

I took a walk out to our calf hutches last week to begin summer preparations to that area of our farm

Let’s talk about first-calf heifers, or, as I like to call them, first-calf velociraptors

They say the spots on a Holstein are as unique as a human fingerprint. There might be an even better comparison for cattle, though — the animal’s muzzle

Do year-over-year (YOY) milk production gains and discounted spot milk signal a surplus?

Just like for humans, transitions cause stress for animals. For dairy animals, these types of adjustments aren’t just limited to what we call “transition cows” — calves also go...

The factors that help Deluur Dairy excel at transition cow care, presented by Mark Fox, D.V.M., and Michigan dairyman Hendrik Eggink

Despite how commonly calves are transported, surprisingly little research has been conducted to evaluate this practice. In addition, the research that has been done has mostly focused on physiological...

In recent years, research on pair-housing calves has helped the dairy community recognize that calves can benefit from socialization. Pair-housed calves grow as well as or even better than individually...

My simple answer to the question posed in the title is a resounding yes. Why? Because whether we like it or not, we’re in the business of selling a product

Ah, March: that one month that starts out cold, chilly, snowy, and mostly miserable, but typically turns sunny, windy, and bearable

Increasingly, dairy herds are being built with beef in mind. While that changes supply chains, it doesn’t change the need for quality calf care

Vaccination is one tool dairy producers can use to keep calves healthy, helping the animals to meet their full potential for growth and production