Dairy
It is a well known fact that the first 100 days for dairy heifers sets the precedent for the rest of her lifetime in dairying and this was...
Dairy Technical
Both colostrum and transition milk have important roles to play in ensuring that young calves get the best start to life.
The calving season is underway on the majority of farms across the country and the importance of colostrum is not lost on dairy farmers.
The feeding of transition milk of calves can offer a number of benefits, including reduced levels of sickness in calves.
Transition milk is the milk collected from the cow from milking's two to six and has many benefits when fed to calves.
Consuming transition milk has a local effect in the gut that keeps the calf healthier and stops it getting sick.
