You Lead Us to Ever-Greener Pastures Okay, so it’s a lame metaphor. We’re calf-raisers, not writers.

Still, the fact remains, every day for 35 years we’ve reminded ourselves of one thing: Behind each of the roughly two-million calves raised in Calf-Tel housing annually, there’s a farm. And that farm, whether home to 10 head or 10,000, sets the direction for where we go next. Sure, we began with a low bar: improving on wooden calf housing. But over the past three-plus decades, improvement itself has become our thing. Using our innovative thermoforming technology, we’ve continually innovated to increase our products’ durability, UV resilience, ventilation, and hygiene. In the process, we’ve helped farmers like you raise healthier calves—and make more money.

Agri-Plastics – the Calf Housing Specialist
PROTECT YOUR VALUABLE CALVES WITH THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST HUTCHES

Your calves represent perhaps the most rewarding financial investment you can make. More reliable than stock trading, more lucrative than a savings account, dairy calf rearing pays dividends like nothing else. So, you’ll want to “Shelter Your Investment” and grow it in the most effective ways possible – and that means calf housing solutions from Agri-Plastics.

Our hutches are world-renowned for their durability, efficiency and ergonomic design. Whether you need group housing, starter pens or more flexible calf housing, Agri-Plastics can help your livestock begin strong and stay strong.
www.agri-plastics.de

UK's leading supplier of alternative milking machine spares and dairy sundries for the dairy farmer. Established in 1981 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and relocated to its current large distribution centre in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1999.

Distribution has expanded to include the whole of the UK and many parts of Europe. In 2013 a new European distribution centre was opened in France. Customers are trade accounts only and vary from the single site business to the multi-store co-operatives.

UK Distribution Center:
Godwin House, Mullbry Business Park, Shakespeare Way,
Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 1GR

European Distribution Center:
Dairy Spares SARL,
4 Rue de la Teillais,
35136 ST JACQUES DE LA LANDE,

France For further information, contact Dairy Spares SARL by calling +33 (0)2 99 53 62 30, or send an email to

Calf Star products keep calves healthier

Calf-Star is the leading calf care company in the USA. We offer the complete calf feeding solutions. We develop, manufacture and install calf milk pasteurising systems for any kind of farm size. Our product range varies from Flashpasteurisers with 150 – 300 liter up to integrated system with more than 2.000 l per hour. The unique milk storage tank “DoubleJug” is the only milk tank on the market tailormade for automatic calf feeders. Contact Holm & Laue our distribution partner for all CalfStar solutions!

As an animal nutrition company, BIOMIN develops and produces feed additives, premixes and services for healthy and profitable animals. In addition to the expertise in pig nutrition, BIOMIN has developed competencies in ruminant nutrition over the past decades. Our research facility in Tulln (Lower Austria) enables us to transfer the latest scientific knowledge into innovative solution concepts for our customers.

For example, mycotoxin risk management is becoming increasingly important in cattle nutrition. Feed additives such as highly effective yeast components or phytogenic active ingredient mixtures are also an integral part of our product range. The importance of calf rearing management is often underestimated. Nevertheless, it is now a recognized fact that calf performance has a major impact on the future milk and meat performance of the animals. The importance of intensive feeding in the first weeks of life is also known under the keyword “metabolic programming”.

Successful calf rearing begins with the birth of the calf. The main goal in the first days of life is to keep the calf healthy. Even with optimal colostrum management, diarrhea can still occur due to a variety of reasons. With plant additives and functional acid additives, the animals are supported in their early stages of their digestive stress.

Dr. Rick Dumm, a practicing Bovine Veterinarian, founded Dairy Tech, Inc. in 1999 to focus exclusively on early calf development. Since the very beginning, Dairy Tech, Inc. has been a significant partner in university research of commercial applications of on-farm pasteurization of milk and colostrum.

•  Our early machines and protocols demonstrated that we could do more with pasteurization than we had with meds, vaccines and treatments. Clean, adequate nutrition was our discovery!
• By 2004, we were testing on colostrum and developed the first commercial colostrum pasteurization equipment in the world.
• 2008-2009 we developed the concept of the Perfect Udder® to provide the tools essential for proper colostrum storage and feeding.
• By 2015, 90% of our direct dealers were veterinary related, which positioned us for optimal customer service and medical advice relevant to wet calf health and nutrition.
• In 2019 we introduced our colostrum pasteurizer and warmer, Matilda®. Matilda® utilizes Dairy Tech’s proven pasteurization technology. Studies show that pasteurization is a key tool for control of pathogenic bacteria as well as improvement of beneficial bacteria…a double win!

Because of our long, successful track record, the scientific community has acknowledged Dairy Tech, Inc. as the "innovative leader" in the wet calf segment of the industry and they have publicly declared Dairy Tech, Inc.® to be the gold standard. We currently have units on 20+ university/university trial sites and state owned dairies in the US. Our constant efforts at product perfection and out-of-the-box approach to problem-solving has led to very innovative, patented solutions that have radically improved processes and outcomes on the dairy.

Auranta wins he Irish Times Innovation Award

Auranta is a biotech company, which developed as a university spin-out campus company. The company is research-focused, with a broad spread of scientific expertise at its disposal. Auranta was awarded the top spot in The Irish Times Innovation Awards by a scientific judging panel, due to its successful development of a science proven alternative to in-feed antibiotics in animal livestock.

The panel noted that Auranta has developed a proven and novel phytochemical alternative to antibiotics, and that the results of the product in the field have been ‘most impressive’.

AuraCalf is a natural additive for use in calves, which augments the gut microbiome, the gut immunity and local gut health. These effects have been proven and published by Auranta researchers. Weight gain at weaning in calves has increased by up to 15 per cent with less disease incidence when fed AuraCalf. In extensive calf trials, AuraCalf has reduced antibiotic usage by 45 per cent. AuraCalf has undergone extensive field trials in calves, from birth to 56 days, with demonstrable positive benefits on weight gain, calf health and absence of calfhood disease. The product has been used in over 300,00 calves in Ireland to date.

PATURA: A family business with team spirit

The company PATURA is a medium-sized family business specialised in the field of electric fences as well as technical equipment for barns and pastures for horses, cattle and sheep. More than 50,000 m2 company premises and storage space are available at the company site in Laudenbach (70 km southeast from Frankfurt). Thus, the clients cannot only rely on the known product quality but also on a quick delivery.

A short glimpse into the 55 years of company history: Helmut Allié founded his company in 1965 in Miltenberg and sold products from reputable manufacturers of agricultural engineering to specialist stores. In the year 1980 the product range was expanded by electric fences from a New Zealand manufacturer. From this date on the company “Allié Agrartechnik” constantly grew and in 1984 the new company building in Miltenberg was obtained. 1994 the son, Bernd, who became part of the management the year before, established the brand PATURA. With the move of the company from Miltenberg to the new premises in the nearby Laudenbach in 2007 the company’s name was changed to “PATURA KG”. 2015 the new additional warehouse was opened and the 50 years existence of the company was celebrated with guests from all over the world.

During the last 55 years the company became one of the leading suppliers in the field of electric fences as well as technical equipment for barns and pastures and is operating globally with several thousand specialist retailers and a competitive product programme. A strong team of meanwhile more than 100 employees stands for competent consultancy, perfect logistics and quick delivery service.

WE ARE COLOSTRUM

Since 1994, Saskatoon Colostrum Company Limited, has been dedicated to providing all-natural bovine colostrum products to our customers worldwide. Our success is driven by years of research by veterinary immunologists from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine who continued to lead a team of scientists creating the best colostrum products in the world.

• Science
  At SCCL, we manufacture colostrum that is free from any harmful disease causing agents while maintaining the integrity of critical beneficial factors.
• Nature
  SCCL collects from thousands of dairy farms across Canada, the United States, Scotland and The Netherlands that produce milk for human consumption.
• Care
  Our corporate priority is to ensure that our products meet the highest standards and the only way to achieve those standards is by exceeding regulatory requirements.

CRV – Better Cows | Better Life
CRV is one of the biggest cattle breeding companies of the world. In more than 60 countries farmers trust in products of CRV, which are adapted perfectly to the local needs. CRV runs breeding programs of all important breeds such as Holstein, Felckvieh, Nelore and Jersey. Furthermore there are all kind of services and information products – every one with goal to increase our farmer’s success.

No other breeding company represents healthy and efficient cows better than CRV does. This is demonstrated well by more than 40.000 cows in the Netherlands and Flanders that achieved a lifetime production of more than 100.000 kg within the past 30 years. Since 2013 all CRV bulls get a breeding value for Better Life Efficiency and Better Life Health. Efficiency describes how efficient an animal converts feed into production, regarding its whole lifetime. Health tells you, how unremarkable and easy to manage an animal is.

Next to others the index contains the breeding values for calf vitality and stillbirth. Examples of bulls that breed healthy calves are Treasure (Holstein) and Varta (Fleckvieh) For more information go to www.crv4all-international.com