3 Month Plan – Tune Up Calf Program On Site (less than 150 miles from 54110)

Overview

• Program over 3 month time frame. 

• Initial Visit Questionnaire

• Monthly Farm Visit (3 visits total)

• Monthly sanitation audit

• Auditing maternity pen and colostrum management

• Calculating cost per pound of gain and cost per calf per day

• Reviewing and creating monthly goals

• Monthly 1 hour meetings

Maternity Pen

• All protocols

• Written (Spanish and English)

• Printed

• Laminated

• Posted

• Employee training

• Demonstrations

• Establish checkpoints for protocol follow through

• Quarterly meetings (1 total)

• Effective and efficient workflow

• Colostrum Management 

• Monthly plate counts

• Monthly quality checks

• 4 Q’s analysis and plan

• sQueaky clean

• Quality

• Quantity

• Quickly

• Cleaning and Sanitation

• Cost Analysis of maternity pen 

• Pen flow and size analysis

• Organization and management of records

• Organization of equipment and tools

Calf Barn

• All protocols

• Written (Spanish and English)

• Printed

• Laminated

• Posted

• Employee training

• Demonstrations

• Establish checkpoints for protocol follow through

• Quarterly meetings (1 total)

• Effective and efficient workflow

• Serum Total Proteins (12/month)

• Milk Program

• Solids

• Plate Count

• Quality (nutrient analysis)

• Cost

• Grain Program

• Management

• Records

• Cost

• Cleaning and Sanitation

• Disease ID & working with vet to create treatment plans and vaccination protocols

• Treatment follow through and record keeping

• Ventilation

• Audit of current system

• Design of new system is an add on package

• Pen Rotations/Management

• Efficiency Analysis

• Cost Analysis for entire calf program

• Troubleshooting, have someone “on call” at all times.