Beef x Dairy Calf Welfare Checklist

77% of beef x dairy calves arrive at calf-raising facilities with at least one poor health outcome, and 40% had two or more.

Simple management practices during the first day(s) of life, transport and arrival can help reduce these numbers and increase beef x dairy calf health and welfare.

Read this important checklist HERE

Kimberley Morrill, Ph.D., Technical Services Specialist

Kimberley Morrill joined the Strauss Feeds team as a Technical Service Manager. She was raised on her family’s centennial dairy farm in New Hampshire, where she was actively involved in 4-H and Junior Holsteins.

Kimberley earned both her undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of New Hampshire, followed by a Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Her research focused on transition cow management, colostrum, and pre-weaned calf nutrition.

She spent seven years at Cornell University in extension education, where she conducted on-farm research, provided one-on-one farm support, and led producer meetings. Most recently, Kimberley worked for seven years as a Technical Service Manager with Chr. Hansen/Novonesis, supporting probiotics and silage inoculant sales and research across North America.

Kimberley currently resides in Winthrop, New York, with her husband, Mark, their three sons, two dogs, and a few hundred head of cattle.

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