Mar 26, 2026 | Articles and News, Blogs, Calf Health
When people talk about calf performance, they often focus on protein, fat, and feeding rates. Those things matter. But modern science keeps pointing to another major piece of the puzzle: gut health. That is where prebiotics and probiotics come in. Put simply,...
Mar 26, 2026 | Blogs, Calf Health
Over the past 20 years, one of the biggest changes in New Zealand calf rearing has been the quality of beef calves coming out of the dairy herd. In the past, many non-replacement calves were simply a by-product. Today, more dairy farmers are using beef genetics with a...
Mar 20, 2026 | Articles and News, Blogs, Calf Health, Uncategorized
If there is one area of calf rearing where standards have genuinely lifted over the last few years, it is colostrum. A decade ago, plenty of people still worked on rough rules of thumb: get something into the calf, hope it suckles enough, and move on. Now the better...
Mar 20, 2026 | Articles and News, Blogs, Calf Health, Uncategorized
Every calf rearer has had that sinking feeling. The calves looked fine on colostrum or transition milk. You changed them over to powder. Then two or three days later the tails are dirty, a few calves are hollow in the flank, one is not as aggressive on the teat, and...
