In order for calves to get off to the right start they need to be fed at least 4L of good quality colostrum within the first few hours of life. This has been well known for decades, yet some producers still make their colostrum quality decisions based on myths instead of facts.  In a recent William...Read More

MaxCare are proud to be the Major Supply Partner of Dairy Australia’s Cows Create Careers program. As part of this partnership, Cows Create Careers and MaxCare offered schools and students across Australia the exciting opportunity to produce a 60-second commercial promoting the Australian dairy industry and to explain why the best and brightest students should...Read More

MaxCare are proud to be the Major Supply Partner of the Cows Create Careers program. As part of this partnership, Cows Create Careers and MaxCare offered schools and students the exciting opportunity to produce a 60-second commercial as to why the best and brightest should work in the dairy industry. We now need your help...Read More

MaxCare are proud to be the Major Supply Partner of the Cows Create Careers program. As part of this partnership, Cows Create Careers and MaxCare offered schools and students the exciting opportunity to produce an advertisement to promote MaxCare Premium Calf Milk Replacer. We now need your help in deciding which school will win the...Read More

The colostrum you fed a heifer calf this morning is one of the main predictors of her health as both a calf and a cow. What factors influence the quality of that colostrum? Sheila McGuirk, retired Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, discusses issues that can affect colostrum quality, and how it...Read More

Without a doubt, dealing with scouring calves is the biggest challenge for the calf rearer, and the biggest threat to calf survival. Understanding the causes of neonatal diarrhoea (scours) is important, so that appropriate prevention and treatment can be instigated. What are the main causes of early scours? Is there something wrong with the immune...Read More

Did you know that our MaxCare Lamb & Kid Milk Replacer is also suitable for other young animals like piglets, fawns, foals, crias, and pups! With 25% protein and 27% fat, it’s the perfect milk replacer for important growth and development. To help make mixing easy, we’ve put together the correct mixing rates for these young animals...Read More

A calf’s health and well-being within its first year of life is crucial for its ongoing development and growth. Without proper nutrition calves can suffer from reduced immunity, higher susceptibility to disease and impaired potential Growth. Calf Milk Replacer (CMR) is a practical nutritional feeding option that can help ensure the best growth and development...Read More

It is with great excitement that we introduce the MaxCare® range of Calf Milk Replacers (CMR). The release of the MaxCare CMR range will see the phasing out of our current products of TRUE BLUE and LUCKY.  We do this with great excitement as we have developed the MaxCare CMR range to go above and...Read More