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How To Feed Calves? MilkBar™ Teats Can Improve Calf Gut Health
Click here to view as a pdf: How To Feed Calves? MilkBar™ Teats Can Improve Calf Gut Health By Nele Leiterman, D.V.M. What should I feed my replacement heifers? Whole milk or milk replacer? What fat and crude protein percentage is right for my operation? Are there additives that I should be using? These are…
Ask The Vet: Get Your Spring Chicks Off To A Good Start
Click here to view as a pdf: Ask The Vet: Get Your Spring Chicks Off To A Good Start By Nele Leiterman, D.V.M. Across the country, more and more people are discovering the joys of maintaining their own backyard chicken flock. For many backyard flock owners, knowing where their meat and eggs come from, coupled…
Ventilating Repurposed Structures For Calf Housing
Click here to view as a pdf: Ventilating Repurposed Structures For Calf Housing By Alex Austin Building a new calf raising facility is an expensive investment and not always an option. Converting an existing structure, whether it’s a pole shed or old stanchion barn, to house and raise calves can be a great option when…
Stepping Back: With Reflection and Gratitude
Click here to view as a pdf: Stepping Back: With Reflection and Gratitude By Dan Leiterman This coming April I will be 72 years old and have served the agricultural industry for nearly 50 years. After much reflection and with immense gratitude, I believe it is time to step back and retire. In reflecting back…
When Mixing Milk Replacer, Water Temperature Matters
Click here to view as a pdf: When Mixing Milk Replacer, Water Temperature Matters By Ryan Leiterman, D.V.M. In the children’s book Goldilocks and the Three Bears, a little girl named Goldilocks wanders into the forest home of a family of bears and while they are out, she eats from three different bowls of porridge.…
Benefits Of A High Quality Milk Replacer
Click here to view as a pdf: Benefits Of A High Quality Milk Replacer By Cassy Golburg, B.A. Choosing a milk replacer can seem daunting. There are a variety of things to consider including the type of ingredients, ingredient quality, and the way a milk replacer is processed. All of these can have a large…
Nutritional And Management Considerations In Robotic Milking Facilities
Click here to view as a pdf: Nutritional and Management Considerations In Robotic Milking Facilities By Erik Brettingen, B.S. Robotic milking systems are becoming increasingly common in the dairy industry. Milking with robots provides benefits for both the dairy farmer and the cow. For the dairy farmer, robots take stress off a difficult labor situation…
Next Step In Calf Barn Ventilation: Computer-Based Airflow Simulations and 3D Modeling
Click here to view as a pdf: Next Step In Calf Barn Ventilation: Computer-Based Airflow Simulations and 3D Modeling By: Nele Leiterman, D.V.M. We are excited to share with you the new technologies and approaches Crystal Creek’s ventilation team is now utilizing in our ventilation projects. In this article, the software tools, which have…