If you’re trying to imagine a California dairy farm family, the Ron and Sherri Prins family could easily paint that picture for you. Holsteins and Jerseys, a handful of employees, four children, one ...

The industry must develop a new blueprint for colostrum and transition milk feeding that aligns vets and nutritionists to give calf rearers clarity on early-life nutrition. The industry standard has ...

Helping calves build immunity quickly from the moment they are born goes far beyond the “colostrum story”, according to consultant vet Tommy Heffernan. While the role of nature’s “liquid gold” has ...

Many years ago, a man told me 'If you wrong a calf, you wrong yourself'. He was right then, and he is still right now, writes independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy ...

FULDA, Minn. - It's rare for a cow to give birth to triplets. It's rarer still when all three babies are the same gender. The odds appear to be 1 in 105,000. It's the first triplet birth on Glen and ...

New research has revealed dairy calves that are fed less complete tasks faster and remember more in pursuit of milk, but miss ...

A calf with a full belly would rather run and jump than hunt for its next meal. That simple observation now has experimental ...

Hungry calves learn faster and remember more, but they play less, revealing how hunger shapes behavior and decision-making in ...

For a taste of ranch life in Michigan, this Rothbury spot mixes horses, open land, and a stay that feels a little more ...