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The Town & Country Feed Division offers a complete line of custom formulated calf feeds along with a full line of Land O’Lakes milk replacers, starter feeds, and intense calf feeding programs.

Our on-staff calf nutrition specialists can formulate a calf feeding and management program that will meet the needs and goals of today’s dairy operation.

Calving Ease from Attica Veterinary Associates

Doing the Job the Way it should be done (Calving Ease February 2010)

Calf rearing involves many processes. Caring for newborn calves, managing colostrum, feeding, dehorning preweaned calves are all examples. Each process could have a protocol

– a written description of the process. Each protocol consists of steps in the order in which they should be done. And, each step describes an action. A clear description including

criteria that define the action in measurable terms. Read More>>

Feed More Milk without Scours (Calving Ease January 2010)

Cold weather arrives. You decide to feed more milk/milk replacer. Soon after making the change your treatable scours rate goes up too much to be acceptable. What are the differences among farms that have this problem and those that feed milk/milk replacer at higher volumes without diarrhea issues among young calves? Read More>>

Antibiotics in Milk Replacers: Changes Coming Soon (Calving Ease December 2009)
Are you feeding milk replacer to preweaned calves? Have you been using antibioticmedicated milk replacer to manage bacterial scours in calves? Soon these products will not be available in the same formulation as in the past. Read More>>

Using a tube feeder: Yes or No (Calving Ease November 2009)
Set aside for a moment the issues of the calfcare person’s competency in using an esophageal tube feeder and subsequent interest on the part of the calf in nursing from a bottle. Focus on the immunity outcome of feeding colostrum. Read More>>

Early Detection of Sick Preweaned Calves (Calviing Ease October 2009)

Treating preweaned calves soon after they become clinically infected usually results in more rapid recovery than when treatment is delayed. And, usually the number of treatments is lower and expenses are reduced when treatment is timely. Don’t wait for full-blown clinical symptoms to start treatment. The medical expenses are higher if you wait. And, the calves lose growth momentum. Days, even weeks, are lost in reaching our goal of their first milking. Read More>>

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