About this episode

Brad shares highlights from calf-focused dairy studies presented at the ADSA annual meeting, covering colostrum management, weaning practices, and calf behavior tracking.

Back from the ADSA annual meeting in Milwaukee, Brad shares highlights from several calf-focused dairy studies. This episode covers new research on colostrum management for beef-on-dairy crossbred calves, including how feeding practices differ between retained dairy heifers, beef-on-dairy calves, and calves not kept on farm. Brad also reviews a study comparing fixed-age weaning with starter-intake-based weaning in Holstein and Angus-Holstein calves, plus new work using ear tag sensors to track calf behavior, rumination, eating, and activity through 150 days of age. The episode wraps up with research from the University of Florida on colostrum yield, quality, and genetics, including how season, parity, calf sex, gestation length, and days dry can influence colostrum outcomes. Questions, comments, scathing rebuttals? -> themoosroom@umn.edu or call 612-624-3610 and leave us a message! Linkedin -> The Moos Room Twitter -> @UMNmoosroom and @UMNFarmSafety Facebook -> @UMNDairy YouTube -> UMN Beef and Dairy and UMN Farm Safety and Health Instagram -> @UMNWCROCDairy Extension Website AgriAmerica Podcast Directory

People in this episode

Host: Brad

Topics covered

• calf research
• colostrum management
• beef-on-dairy
• weaning practices
• calf behavior tracking
• dairy studies

Keywords

• calf research
• colostrum
• beef-on-dairy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Minnesota Extension, University of Florida

Books & works: ADSA annual meeting

Places: Milwaukee, Holstein, Angus-Holstein

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