Calf Barn Consulting Services

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)