Hate Tube Feeding Your Calves? Make it Less Stressful
Posted by Laura Stensberg
Tube feeding a calf can be a daunting and scary practice, especially if you don’t have proper technique. It can be intimidating for employees and harmful to a calf if not done properly. Maybe that is why some farmers and their employees shy away from it, however, if you take the time to properly train…
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Life Choices on the Dairy: Batch or Individual Meal Pasteurization
Posted by Laura Stensberg
To pasteurize your colostrum or not to pasteurize your colostrum, is the question? That is a great question! While this is an important decision to make and I hope that you do plan on pasteurizing your colostrum, the next real question is when pasteurizing colostrum, is should I do large batch pasteurization (many meals in…
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Neonatal Calf Welfare is Larger than Life as We Know It
Posted by Laura Stensberg
We all know that providing tremendous quality of care to our newborn calves increases the livelihood of our dairy. So let’s take some time to talk about how we can go about giving all newborn calves that same wonderful quality of care. Giving the best start in life is not a one-step and done kind…
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Zero to Hero Dairy Farming at its Best Using Goals
Posted by Laura Stensberg
This year has brought so many of us hardships, not only personally but professionally. Many of our fellow farmers have been struggling or even had to make the awful decision to let go of their family’s legacy. With the new year around the corner, we need to start planning goals for the future livelihood of…
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