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Temperatures are Rising, Don’t Let Heat Stress Get You Down

Summer is here and so is the heat! It is my favorite time of the year. The sunshine and warmth are wonderful and feel great after a long cold winter and a chilly, wet spring. Summer brings us a new set of challenges on the farm……keeping our animals cool with the heat and humidity. Calves […]

Calf Feeding Done Your Way

By now you know all about our new snap-in tube feeder, our reusable plastic tube feeder, our stainless steel tube feeder, and our nipple feeder. Now you may be thinking about how to use it all. Let’s review your options: Our New Snap-In Tube Feeder-you directly insert the tube feeder into the spout of the […]

Stainless Steel vs. Plastic Tube Feeders: What’s Best?

To Tube Feed or Not to Tube Feed? There is much debate on whether you should or should not tube feed a calf. Some farmers only like to use tube feeding as a last result and not as a normal part of their daily maternity care protocols. Tube feeding a calf becomes necessary when the […]

Hate Tube Feeding Your Calves? Make it Less Stressful

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 […]

Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Why is Colostrum Management So Important?

Like most things in life, we just do what we have always done without question and many times without knowing why we do it. We just have grown up with our parents doing it one way and now we do it the same way as well. This is also the case with life on the […]