Resources
Industry Links:
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Examples of National Vendor Declaration Forms can be found here.
Dairy Australia (DA) Delivering for the Dairy Industry.
Department of Primary Industries, Vic Dept. & NSW Dept.
NLIS guide National Livestock Identification Scheme (eartagging requirements).
NLRS National livestock reporting service. For recent saleyard prices. Unfortunately this doesn’t include bobby calf or weaned calf prices. Lots of links to general farm and industry information sites.
Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Victoria) For information on NLIS go to Agriculture & Farming/Animal Health & Welfare
Producer Initiated Research & Development (PIRD)
Online Information:
Farmshed is an independent, Australian-owned company. We aim to become the online partner for Australia’s primary producers
Farmwide is an online information medium State and Territory farming organisation of the National Farmer’s Federation (NFF).
The Farmers Mailbox is a secure online or mail order product catalogue for farmers.
Other Calf Rearing sites:
Australia
Heifermax is the website of a heifer management consulting business.
ProDairy and ProBeef provide a range of products and services to help dairy and beef producers achieve greater efficiency in their stock using environmentally and economically sustainable methods.
USA
Check out PDCHA. Dairy Calf and Heifer Association – USA a site with loads of info and links. Ray Williams was a guest speaker at our 2006 Conference. He grows out approx. 5,000 Dairy Heifers on his property in Oregon, USA.
Dr. James Quigley was a guest speaker at our 2006 and 2007 Conferences, maintains Calfnotes.com, which is an internationally recognised source of information on calf management.
New Zealand
Calfcountry is a popular source for info
Ngahiwi Farms Loads on info on how the Kiwi’s are rearing their calves. Good forum and impressive page on Chris and Karyn Coxhead who raise approximately 1,000 calves a year on their Waitakaruru property .
Education/Courses:
NCDEA – National Centre for Dairy Education
Tafe can also offer calf rearing courses. Check out Tafe Vic.
Health and Nutrition Links
Poukawa Calf Rearing project: a good guide for new rearers
Pfizer: comparing neonatal calf scours vaccines.
Midland BioProducts Corp Quick Test Colostrum IgG
Colostrum Quality and Absorption in Baby Calves – notes
Calf-gro: a USA site with lots of interesting links …
Software
We are constantly on the lookout for software suitable for calf rearers. Please contact us if you know of others!
Heiferpro: Heifer management and billing software. You can record animals received, animals returned, weights, treatments, vet checks, health scores, breedings, location moves and much more! You can even create your own type of action to record. Free trial download.