Year Plan – Complete Calf Program (~Best Value~)
- Program spread over one-year time frame
- Initial Visit Questionnaire
- Monthly Farm Visits
- Sanitation Audit
- Taking blood samples
- Spot checking colostrum management
- Recapping last month’s goals and creating next month’s goals
Maternity Pen
- All protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Posted
- Employee training
- Videos
- One on One
- Quarterly meetings
- Colostrum Management
- Monthly plate counts
- Monthly quality checks
- 4 Q’s analysis and plan
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Cost Analysis
- Organization and Management of Records
- Organization of Equipment and Tools
- Pen flow and size analysis
Calf Barn
- Protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Posted
- Employee Training
- Videos
- One on One
- Quarterly Meetings
- Serum Total Proteins (12/month)
- Milk Program
- Solids
- Plate Count
- Quality
- Grain Program
- Quality
- Ration
- Management
- Records
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Disease ID & working with Vet to create treatment plans
- Ventilation
- Pen Rotations/Management
- Efficiency Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Troubleshooting, have someone “on call” at all times.
Program Goals
- Help you raise the better calves to be more productive members of your future herd
- Find ways to cut back costs while not reducing quality
- Offer assistance when needed with management decisions
- Provide confidence in areas where it is lacking
- Fix problems as they arise, allow the program to be versatile and custom
- Back you without being attached to the purchase of a product
- Educate, train, and provide tools to succeed in raising great calves
- Give you the ability to do things on your own
- Share a lifetime of versatile experience and 4 years of formal education.
Virtual Year Long – Complete Calf Program
- Program over one-year time frame.
- Initial Visit Questionnaire
- Quarterly Farm Visits (or as requested with additional travel costs)
Maternity Pen
- All protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Employee training
- How-to Videos
- Quarterly meetings
- Colostrum Management
- Quarterly Plate Counts and Quality Testing
- 4 Q’s analysis and Management Plan
- Quality
- Quantity
- Quickly
- sQueaky Clean
- Cleaning and Sanitation Management Plan
- Cost Analysis
- Organization and Management of Records
- Pen Flow and Size Analysis
Calf Barn
- Protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Employee Training
- Videos
- Quarterly Meetings
- Serum Total Proteins (12/quarter)
- Milk Program
- Solids
- Plate Count
- Quality
- Grain Program
- Quality
- Ration
- Management
- Records
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Disease Identification
- Ventilation
- Pen Rotations/Management
- Efficiency Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Troubleshooting/on call
Program Goals
- Help you reach your calf raising goals, from a distance
- Help you raise the better calves to be more productive members of your future herd
- Find ways to cut back costs while not reducing quality
- Offer assistance, when requested, with management decisions
- Provide confidence in lower confidence areas
- Fix problems as they arise, allow the program to be versatile and custom
- Back you and your calves without being attached to the purchase of a product
- Educate, train, and provide tools to succeed in raising great calves
- Give you the ability to do things on your own in the future
- Share a lifetime of versatile experience and 4 years of formal education.
6 Month Plan – Total Calf Program
- Program over 6-month time frame.
- Initial Visit Questionnaire
- Monthly Farm Visits
- Sanitation Audit
- Taking blood samples
- Checking colostrum management
- Recapping last month’s goals and creating next month’s goals
Maternity Pen
- All protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Posted
- Colostrum Management
- Monthly plate counts
- Monthly quality checks
- 4 Q’s analysis and plan
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Cost Analysis
- Organization and Management of Records
- Organization of Equipment and Tools
- Pen flow and size analysis
Calf Barn
- Protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Posted
- Employee Training
- Videos
- One on One
- Quarterly Meetings
- Serum Total Proteins (12/month)
- Milk Program
- Solids
- Plate Count
- Quality
- Grain Program
- Quality
- Ration
- Management
- Records
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Disease ID & working with Vet to create treatment plans
- Ventilation
- Pen Rotations/Management
- Efficiency Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Troubleshooting/ have someone “on call” at all times.
Program Goals
- Help you raise the better calves to be more productive members of your future herd
- Find ways to cut back costs while not reducing quality
- Offer assistance when needed with management decisions
- Provide confidence in areas where it is lacking
- Fix problems as they arise, allow the program to be versatile and custom
- Back you without being attached to the purchase of a product
- Educate, train, and provide tools to succeed in raising great calves
- Give you the ability to do things on your own
- Share a lifetime of versatile experience and 4 years of formal education.
Virtual 6-month – Total Calf Program
- Program over one-year time frame.
- Initial Visit Questionnaire
- Quarterly Farm Visits (or as requested with additional travel costs)
Maternity Pen
- All protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Colostrum Management
- Quarterly Plate Counts and Quality Testing
- 4 Q’s analysis and Management Plan
- Quality
- Quantity
- Quickly
- sQueaky Clean
- Cleaning and Sanitation Management Plan
- Cost Analysis
- Organization and Management of Records
- Pen Flow and Size Analysis
Calf Barn
- Protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Employee Training
- Videos
- Quarterly Meetings
- Serum Total Proteins (12/quarter)
- Milk Program
- Solids
- Plate Count
- Quality
- Grain Program
- Quality
- Ration
- Management
- Records
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Disease Identification
- Ventilation
- Pen Rotations/Management
- Efficiency Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Troubleshooting
Program Goals
- Help you reach your calf raising goals, from a distance
- Help you raise the better calves to be more productive members of your future herd
- Find ways to cut back costs while not reducing quality
- Offer assistance, when requested, with management decisions
- Provide confidence in lower confidence areas
- Fix problems as they arise, allow the program to be versatile and custom
- Back you and your calves without being attached to the purchase of a product
- Educate, train, and provide tools to succeed in raising great calves
- Give you the ability to do things on your own in the future
- Share a lifetime of versatile experience and 4 years of formal education.
3 Month – Calf Tune Up Program
- Program over 3-month time frame.
- Initial Visit Questionnaire
- Monthly Farm Visits (or as requested with additional travel costs outside of 50-mile radius)
Program Goals
- Help you reach your calf raising goals
- Fine tune/tune up calf program
- Zero in on specific calf issues
- Run specific diagnostics to solve an issue
ALA CART OPTIONS
Maternity Pen
- All protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Posted
- Employee training
- Videos
- One on One
- Quarterly meetings
- Colostrum Management
- Monthly plate counts
- Monthly quality checks
- 4 Q’s analysis and plan
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Cost Analysis
- Organization and Management of Records
- Organization of Equipment and Tools
- Pen flow and size analysis
Calf Barn
- Protocols
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Posted
- Employee Training
- Videos
- One on One
- Quarterly Meetings
- Serum Total Proteins (12/month)
- Milk Program
- Solids
- Plate Count
- Quality
- Grain Program
- Quality
- Ration
- Management
- Records
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Disease ID & working with Vet to create treatment plans
- Ventilation
- Pen Rotations/Management
- Efficiency Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Troubleshooting
ALA CART options are over a 3-month time frame. This includes one farm visit per month, and one follow up after 6 months. Prices do not include traveling costs or testing costs.
You can also hire us to do a single (or few) of the items on the list below. Approximate hours per job are listed below.
Maternity Pen
- All protocols (10 hours)
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Posted
- Employee training (10 hours)
- Videos
- One on One
- Quarterly meetings
- Colostrum Management (2 hours)
- Plate counts
- Quality checks
- 4 Q’s analysis and plan
- Cleaning and Sanitation (4 hours)
- Cost Analysis (4 hours)
- Organization and Management of Records (5 hours)
- Organization of Equipment and Tools (10 hours)
- Pen flow and size analysis (2 hours)
Calf Barn
- Protocols (10 hours)
- Written
- Printed
- Laminated
- Posted
- Employee Training (10 hours)
- Videos
- One on One
- One meeting
- Serum Total Proteins (12/visit) (3 hours)
- Milk Program (3 hours)
- Solids
- Plate Count
- Quality
- Grain Program (2 hours)
- Quality
- Ration
- Management
- Records
- Cleaning and Sanitation (4 hours)
- Disease ID & working with Vet to create treatment plans (6 hours)
- Ventilation Audit (4-8 hours)
- Ventilation design (15-25 hours)
- Pen Rotations/Management (2 hours)
- Efficiency Analysis (2 hours)
- Cost Analysis (4 hours)
- Calf barn design (hours depend on size and intensity of project)
- Troubleshooting/have someone “on call” at all times. (10 hours)