SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - Extension dairy specialist Jennifer Bentley discussed automatic calf feeding systems during recent Dairy Days in Sioux Center and Spencer. Bentley talked about the pros and cons ...

The I-29 Extension Dairy Consortium's recent educational effort titled Raising Your Best Calf Ever updated calf raisers on the key components of raising dairy calves. It started with a "Boots on the ...

A small calf steps up to an opening on one wall of the barn at Aghaloma Farms in Knox, sticking its head through the metal-lined opening that’s shaped like an oval pulled outward in the middle, and ...

Zack Evers (left), 21, and his younger brother Eric Evers inside their new calf barn at Evermay Farms. The new barn was created for group calf housing so that the calves can have access to the ...

The calves at Rohe Dairy in Stearns County don't bawl when they're hungry. They live together in small groups in a tall, well-ventilated barn, and they eat whenever they please from an automated calf ...

The automatic calf feeder serves young suckling calves in a group setting. When a young calf walks up to the nipple bucket, its computer chip is scanned and the machine rapidly mixes the proper amount ...

WATKINS, Minn. -- Even with lower milk prices in the last six to eight months, interest in robotic milking machines and automatic calf feeders remains high, according to one of the region's largest ...

Shoreview, Minn. [August 18, 2016] – Land O’Lakes Animal Milk Products Co., has invested in automatic calf feeding certification and training programs to equip its sales and service personnel with the ...

A NEW automated calf feeder: the Calf Control, has been introduced by Lely. The Lely Calm supplies calves with precisely what they need, when they need it. Milk is always provided at the correct ...

(left) Zack Evers, 21, and his brother Eric Evers, 19, inside their new calf barn at Evermay Farm. The new barn was created for group calf housing so that the calves can have access to the automatic ...

A farmer has lost an appeal to claim back VAT on an automatic calf feeder, after the Tax Appeals Commission ruled the equipment did not qualify under the refund scheme for flat-rate farmers. The ...