WATFORD CITY, N.D. — For five months the girls and I have been feeding bottle calves. It’s a long story, the way bottle calves’ stories usually start. First we had one, and then we had two, because if ...

It’s that time of year again, the warmth of the sun has returned, the Bermuda grass is coming out of dormancy, my ghost white legs are seeing some sun, the canola fields are blooming beautifully—in ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends podcast, Callene Rapp meets with Charlotte French to discuss bottle feeding livestock to include, calves, lambs, and kids. Callene Rapp graduated with ...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create an improved way to maintain a safe and healthy bottle temperature when feeding a calf," said one of two inventors, from Danville, Ohio, ...

When feeding calves, it's important that you not only do it the right way, but that you have the right equipment. Dr. Heather Schlesser, the Marathon County Dairy Agent, stopped by NewsChannel 7 at ...

Many ranchers have raised calves on bottles. It might be a twin, or a heifer’s calf that isn’t accepted by its mother, or a calf whose mother died. The important thing, if it’s a newborn calf, is to ...

Our bottle-fed calves gave me yet another run for my money this weekend. Oh, didn’t I share this before? Last week one evening, one of them got out and took off across the hillside. I had to sneak up ...