Heifers

Replacement heifers represent the future of your business. They also represent one of the three largest cost items on most dairy farms. The resources below enable you learn to develop better, less expensive heifers, in a shorter period of time.

Heifer Production

Dairy Heifer Production Manual (Missouri)
Dairyman's Money Left on the Table (Missouri)
Preventing Pregnancy Loss in Dairy Heifers (Missouri)
Getting Large Numbers of Dairy Heifers Bred AI (Missouri)
Calf and Heifer Management (eXtension)
Sho-Mo Dairy Heifer Growers Association
CalfNotes.com
Calf Management Protocols (Missouri)
Dairy Calf and Heifer Management (Wisconsin)
Dairy Heifers (Penn State)
Calves and Heifers (Minnesota)
Raising Dairy Replacements (Kansas State)
Raising Dairy Replacements (MWPS)
Calves and Heifers Papers (Illinois)

Contract Heifer Production

Contract Grower Cost Estimator Tool (Missouri)
Dairy Heifer Contracting Fundamentals (Penn State)
Custom Heifer Raising Contracts (Minnesota)
Economics of Heifer Contracting (Ohio State)
Dairy Heifer Contracting (Ohio State)
"The Professionals" Quality Heifers Program (Iowa)

Dairy Heifer Markets

U.S. Sites: Livestock Markets
Missouri: Norwood
Missouri: Springfield
Washington: Toppenish
Kentucky: Mammoth Cave
Pennsylvania: New Holland
Wisconsin: Dairy Cattle Sales
Texas: Sulphur Springs
Georgia: Thomasville
Idaho: Jerome

Historical Dairy Heifer Markets

Norwood, Missouri Spreadsheet
Springfield, Missouri Spreadsheet

Industry Heifer Standards

Gold Standard I - < 6 months (DCHA)
Gold Standard II - > 6 months (DCHA)
Gold Standard III - Welfare (DCHA)

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Scott Poock Dairy Veterinarian