Supporting growth and immune function in calves
A story published back in September 2014 has proved to be a top hitter on FeedNavigator this past month.
It relates to product development at Land O'Lakes with that company saying calves managed aggressively for growth will produce more milk as two-year-olds. The US firm, as it unveiled new protein products for calves, was aiming to get producers to feed calves more frequently and at a higher plane of milk nutrition to boost their health and growth.
“A way of reducing high mortality rates in young dairy calves is to get them to ingest more nutrients early to support growth and immune function,” Tom Earleywine, director of nutritional services at Land O'Lakes Animal Milk Products, told us at the time.
You can read the full story here.
