Dr. Bob James, a dairy consultant and owner of Down Home Heifer Solutions, Blacksburg, VA (Former Extension Scientist at Virginia Tech) specializes in calf health and nutrition and works with many ...

A growing number of dairies are breeding some of their cows—the ones they don’t plan to raise replacement heifers from--to beef bulls, using semen from Angus or Charolais. The beef-dairy cross calves ...

Transporting calves long distances at young ages is a growing practice for U.S. dairies. They do it to seek ideal rearing ...

By providing microbial metabolites directly, postbiotics help calves develop stronger gut defenses and support cows as they ...

If you allow a calf to nurse instead of milking the cow twice a day, you’ll save time on chores. Here’s what you need to know for keeping a family cow from buying, milking, and caring for a family cow ...

MORRIS, Minn. -A West Central Research and Outreach Center study of group feeding of calves is complete. The two-year research at the Morris-based center showed calves fed in groups had virtually the ...

Brett Reinford grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania, and he remembers his farm’s cows being fed with cottonseed—35 years ago. “I remember digging tunnels through the cottonseed as a small boy,” he ...

Dairy cows whether exotic, hybrid or crossbred if not taken good care of in terms of feeding, housing and protection against diseases can remain unproductive and prone to diseases dwindling the farmer ...

A huge row has broke out in Denmark after a number of dairy farmers claim their cows have been poisoned by the methane ...