To the casual observer, a healthy group of autofed dairy calves might look like an easy proposition. It’s true that compared to individually fed calves, there is no need to mix milk; fill, deliver and wash bottles or pails; or bed and clean small spaces in individual pens or hutches. But Mathew Haan, former Dairy Extension Educator at Pennsylvania State University, says it still takes work to operate that well-oiled machine. Haan, who now works for Organic Valley in Easton, Pa., has visited many autofeeder farms and extensively reviewed research specific to the management system.
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