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 ...

JULIE Newnham admits she initially resisted the suggestion to install automatic calf feeders when the family decided to increase the herd size from 500 to 700 cows. Once they were installed she ...

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SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - Extension dairy specialist Jennifer Bentley discussed automatic calf feeding systems during recent Dairy Days in Sioux Center and Spencer. Bentley talked about the pros and cons ...

Zack Evers (left), 21, and his younger brother Eric Evers inside their new calf barn at Evermay Farms. The new barn was created for group calf housing so that the calves can have access to the ...

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 ...

Shoreview, Minn. [August 18, 2016] – Land O’Lakes Animal Milk Products Co., has invested in automatic calf feeding certification and training programs to equip its sales and service personnel with the ...

WATKINS, Minn. -- Even with lower milk prices in the last six to eight months, interest in robotic milking machines and automatic calf feeders remains high, according to one of the region's largest ...

(left) Zack Evers, 21, and his brother Eric Evers, 19, inside their new calf barn at Evermay Farm. The new barn was created for group calf housing so that the calves can have access to the automatic ...

MOUNT ULLA — Among other things, Piedmont Research Station produces milk from dairy cows, but its main product is data. Four weeks ago, the station got a robot that now feeds 27 calves and collects ...

Labour requirements and fixed costs have been cut by an automatic cattle feeding system that has also improved grower-stage performance by 100g a day on a beef ...