Adam Geiger was raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, USA. He received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Dairy Science. Upon graduation, he completed a M.S. degree at Mississippi State University in Ruminant Nutrition. Adam then received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in Lactation Physiology. His dissertation is a series of work dedicated to understanding the relationship between nutrition and the mammary gland and understanding how both interact with various hormonal axis to improve milk production. Adam then spent time with a large animal nutrition company before starting with Zinpro as a Research Nutritionist in 2017. Adam has been an invited speaker and/or conducted technical service visits in 46 states in the USA and 59 countries throughout the world. Adam focuses heavily on calf and heifer management, transition cow management, mammary function/health, and lameness. Currently, Adam manages Zinpro’s colostrum business and supports various global markets. Adam currently resides in Madison, Georgia (USA) with his wife, Abby, and their 2 kids, Abram (9 years) and Adelyn (6 years), where they manage a milking goat herd and a small-scale beef operation.
- Pre-weaning calf development has an influence start of mating and conception rate.
- Maternal colostrum can fall short and there are several reasons for that. (MP/ME consumption, dry period length, stressor in close-up, milking delays, allowing suckling).
- The minerals Zn, Mn, Co and Cu have a huge impact on IgG quantity in colostrum.
- 55% of colostrum has <100,000 cell count. If higher, often the source is equipment and storage facilities.
- The faster the body grows, the faster the udder grows for the first 90 days of life.
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