What happens when colostrum management is done right?
At Driftwood Dairy, the shift from inconsistent results to 90% of calves in the high protein range made a measurable difference in calf health, immunity, and performance.
Stronger calves. Better starts. Proven results.
Oscar Rivera, Dairy Manager, shares why SCCL became part of their daily protocol—and how consistency and trust changed their outcomes.
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Hi, my name is Oscar Rivera. I'm the manager of Driftwood Dairy. We're milking 4,000 cows in a 5,000 cow dairy. We're milking three times today. Operation started May 2021. We've been going for 5 years now. We noticed the quality of our colostrum was very variable. So we just wanted to have a standard procedure that will ensure that our calves are getting in the right amount of uh colostrum. So when we started we were checking protein in blood and we noticed at least 20% were in the low range. So since we started enriching our colostrum with the SCCL powder uh we noticed 90% of our calves are in the high range. Those proteins are being fed. The calf is utilizing those proteins and are going through the through their system. So, we know they're getting uh the fair amount and we know they're getting enough IGGs, enough colostrum, enough immunity for a for a good start. To use the SCCL to enrich the colostrum is pretty easy. I mean, there's an app that you can just download. It'll tell you how much powder you got to add, what's your goal, where you at. You just got to put in the numbers. It'll tell you the math. So, you don't have to worry about it. And, you know, they're still going to get those uh IGGs in there. It's getting expensive to raise a calf and it's been getting expensive to get a bad calf back. You can tell the difference and you can see it on your calves. I trust Sccl cuz it's been a good crowd for us. It's been safe. It's easy to handle and at the end of the day, you know what you're getting.
