Thinking about that calf barn you’ve been wanting to build for a while now? 🐮 Need a few solid ideas before you jump into the design process? Take a look at how we put this one together for Golden Ridge Dairy in Crivitz, WI—built with thoughtful design, a focus on calf comfort and a healthy environment, and the functionality dairy operations count on every day. 👉 Check out the full project here: https://www.foxcitiesbuilders.com/index.php/agricultural-building/calf-barn/ | Fox Cities Builders

Our freestall barns have everything our cows need to stay happy!🐮😊✨ #cows #dairyfarm #freestallbarns #sabrinacarpenter #housetour | MVP Dairy

Pushing up feed to the cows in the freestall barn. #dairy #dairyfarming #farmer #familyfarm #life | FarminwithTrev

CALF FEEDING The calf is the foundation of the future dairy herd. This is because selection of replacements for culled cows can only be effective if good replacement heifers are available in enough numbers. The future heifer is the calf. Therefore the farmer needs to take a great deal of care and time to ensure the calf is fed and managed well to produce a calf which will eventually result in: i. Lower mortality/death rate Replacement heifers that will start milk production early. It is importan