Group-Housed Calf Systems Symposium

Initially held in December 2011, this innovative conference will kicked off with an evening session on December 12 designed specifically for those producers that are new to using a group feeding system. The day-long symposium program on December 13 was devoted to understanding the cause of diseases, particularly the effect of environment, and what the impact of changes to that environment through barn ventilation approaches may be. Conference attendees heard first-hand stories of measured results of on-farm innovations and had the opportunity to build and maintain a communication network among the growing number of users of these varied group-calf systems.