Cows don’t necessarily always follow their birth plan, throwing us for a loop

Keeping calves healthy to create the best replacement possible is always a priority, but with current tight inventories and replacement heifer values continually skyrocketing, the return on investment...

A popular topic of discussion in recent years has been whether to raise calves on the farm or send them off-site into the care of experienced calf rearers

Proper nutrition and gut health is key to raising healthy calves

Many dairy farms go back and forth on whether to feed waste milk (WM) or milk replacer (MR) to their calves

Cold stress can significantly affect health, growth, and future reproduction in a newborn calf if not managed properly

Proper navel care is one of the first and most important steps in raising healthy calves

The transition period receives the attention of the entire dairy industry because of the dramatic and intense changes that cows undergo

As other countries have put new rules and regulations into place regarding calf transport, the question is not why, but when could the U.S. add such transportation guidelines

As the dog days of summer slowly come to an end, the importance of colostrum management does not

We all have that special animal that taught us some of our first farm lessons

While little consensus exists in the best way to wean calves from milk, many studies have generally agreed that later weaning is superior to early weaning

We gave this premature calf everything we could to help her succeed

The impacts of milk replacer on calf gut health are an ongoing conversation in the dairy industry

During the summer months, there’s one task that surfaces to the top of every dairy farmer’s agenda: how to beat the heat. It’s crucial to mitigate heat stress in all dairy cattle, including...

When a cow has a difficult calving that requires assistance and a tough pull, what steps should be taken for the calf and the cow to get both off on the right foot?

Making the transition from winter to spring can be hard on dairy calves due to drastic fluctuations in temperature

The lungs are an indicator organ, according to veterinarian Terri Ollivett

The best way to house calves has been a reoccurring topic of discussion over the last decade or so among many dairymen

The common saying “There’s more than meets the eye” certainly rings true when it comes to identifying disease in dairy calves