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 ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Holly Thompson of Little Valley Dairy, south of Plainview, says her operation with 200 cows is probably the smallest in southeast Minnesota to have an automated calf feeder, but she ...
Beef-on-dairy practices are rapidly transforming the landscape of the dairy industry, proving that with a little innovation, ...
JULIE CROTHERS BEER | THE GOSHEN NEWSDONKEY, a dairy feeder calf owned by 4-Her Reagen Simmons, was among the hundreds of calves exhibited during the 2014 Elkhart County 4-H Fair. The Elkhart County 4 ...
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 ...
Prebiotic supplementation is beneficial for dairy calf health and development, and may improve milk yield in lactating cows.
Editor's Note:This story is the first in a series about local farms and farmers. Jerry Siemers loves his cows and he loves his land. He is the fourth generation of his family to operate a dairy and ...
Zeus was ready for a drink of water. "He's kinda like a big puppy dog," Jaxton Kibler said of his 615-pound dairy feeder as the pair walked from the barn to the wash rack. The 11-year-old from Waldo ...
A new report from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute says livestock and dairy receipts will exceed commodity receipts this year. Compared to last week, steers and heifers in the ...
Reserve Grand Champion Guernsey Female: Derek Burns, Wild About Animals Junior Champion Guernsey Heifer: Derek Burns, Wild About Animals Junior Reserve Champion Guernsey Heifer: Silas Kohler, Wild ...
Even though dairy cattle were at the smallest price point sold at both feeder- and slaughter-cattle auctions, they were also the heaviest largely due to having bigger skeletal frames. Dairy-feeder ...
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