Calves

Establishing accurate illness and treatment rates in dairy calves is crucial, yet calf health records are often incomplete. Photo: Canva

06-08-2024 | Article

Which advanced technologies monitor dairy calf health?

The calf pens should always be kept clean. With daily cleaning, the incidence of diarrhoea may be reduced by 15-20%. Photos: Canva

05-08-2024 | Article

Feed and management: Proper dairy calf care

This long-awaited law will ensure that Britain will never return to the dark days of exporting up to 2.5 million sheep and calves annually to Europe or beyond for slaughter or fattening. Photo: Chris McCullough

21-05-2024 | News

Great Britain becomes first European region to ban live animal exports

Ainhoa Perojo Gutierrez, Head of Animal Segments, Commercial Development APHN, Novonesis (top left). Dr Liz Homer, Sustainability Manager Ruminants ECA, Trouw Nutrition (bottom left). Zana van Dijk, webinar host and editor Dairy Global (centre). Phil Garnsworthy, Emeritus Professor of Dairy Science, University of Nottingham (right). Photo: Misset

09-05-2024 | News

Webinar on demand: Sustainable Dairy Farming

The trial looks at keeping the cow and calf together for three months. Photos: Dr Sivan Lacker

04-03-2024 | News

Israeli project examines benefits of keeping calves for longer with mothers

Calves receiving insufficient, high-quality colostrum in the correct timeframe will suffer from Failure of Passive Transfer (FPT) and have been shown to be more susceptible to disease and poorer performance in terms of daily live weight gains. Photo: Hans Prinsen

22-02-2024 | News

UK: New calf test wins top innovation award

Calves with access to milk ad libitum consume 50–90% more milk than recommended feeding levels, while those rationed to current recommendations show behaviours associated with hunger. Photo: Canva

29-01-2024 | Article

Re-evaluating dairy calf nutrition for long-term benefits

Calves housed in pairs were bolder compared with calves individually before grouping when it came to novel objects and unfamiliar calves. Photo: Canva

03-01-2024 | News

How social housing affects dairy calves

The new technology allows for milk replacers to be formulated in a way that more closely resembles bovine milk, compared to milk replacers traditionally based on available dairy industry bioproducts. Photo: Canva

02-11-2023 | News

LifeStart Calf Symposium unveils scientific discoveries

Cows & climate

Research suggests that extending the grazing season by just one week can reduce ammonia emissions by 3.5%. Photo: Koos Groenewold

09-01 | Article

How refocused management can reduce ammonia emissions in dairy farming

Peter Lauwers, CEO of GEA Farm Technologies. Photo: Mark Pasveer

19-01-2023 | News

GEA: Dairy cow manure solution takes off

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