Proper care of newborn calves is always the best choice. If recent phone calls are any indication, the high price of beef apparently has producers re-thinking the value of Holstein bull calves. The ...
The resulting crossbred dairy-beef calf, whether bull or heifer, is destined for beef production, just as a Holstein bull calf would be. In addition to improved conception rates and a lower cost per ...
Proactive leadership in the calf and dairy industry has led to the first nationwide production standards for raising Holstein calves from birth to six months of age. The new “Gold Standard” benchmarks ...
Calves included in the present study were sourced from a large-scale dairy farm in Lingwu, Ningxia, China. Sixty one-day-old Holstein male calves showing similar body weight at birth (39.5 ± 4.2 kg, n ...
By two weeks of age, calves should be getting a gallon of milk twice daily. Jersey calves will need a little less, and large Holstein calves will need more. In the wintertime, when calves need to ...
Ferdon Genetics is owned and operated by Warren and Michelle, together with their son, Corey, milking 200-210-head on 75 effective hectares. They showed 18 in-milk and six dry heifers in two breeds.