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 ...
MOST NEW dairy farm building set-ups also include an area for rearing calves and new technology can help make this more efficient. Hygiene is paramount and now a new calf feeder from Volac means that ...
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 ...
A small calf steps up to an opening on one wall of the barn at Aghaloma Farms in Knox, sticking its head through the metal-lined opening that’s shaped like an oval pulled outward in the middle, and ...
AS FAMILY labour on dairy farms becomes scarce and the need for optimum productivity becomes more acute, so interest in computerised automatic calf feeders is growing. Automatic feeding requires a ...
PIPESTONE, Minn. – There are as many ways to raise dairy calves and heifers as there are farms. Those looking for new ideas for their youngstock were able to check ...
The calves at Rohe Dairy in Stearns County don't bawl when they're hungry. They live together in small groups in a tall, well-ventilated barn, and they eat whenever they please from an automated calf ...
An investment in a computerised (automatic) calf feeding machine can bring greater control and consistency to the rearing period; they can also reduce the time and labour required to rear calves.
AS FAMILY labour on dairy farms becomes scarce and the need for optimum productivity becomes more acute, so interest in computerised automatic calf feeders is growing. Automatic feeding requires a ...