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) NEW!

Sho-Mo Dairy Heifer Growers Association Calf Notes.com
Calf Management Protocols (Missouri) Heifer Management (Wisconsin)

Preventing Pregnancy Loss in Dairy Heifers (Missouri)

Dairy Heifers (Penn State)

Getting Large Numbers of Dairy Heifers Bred AI (Missouri)

Calves and Heifers (Minnesota)
Improving Dairy Heifer Reproductive Mgt (Georgia) Raising Dairy Replacements (Kansas State)
Should Farmers Raise Their Own Replacements (Virginia) Raising Dairy Replacements (MWPS)
Dairy Calf & Heifer Association Calves and Heifers Papers (Illinois)
Calf and Heifer Management (eXtension)  
   
Contact Heifer Production  

Contract Grower Cost Estimator Tool (Missouri) NEW!

Economics of Heifer Contracting (Ohio State) 
Dairy Heifer Contracting Fundamentals (Penn State)  Dairy Heifer Contracting (Ohio State)
Custom Heifer Raising Contracts (Minnesota) "The Professionals" Quality Heifers Program (Iowa)
   
Dairy Heifer Markets  
U.S. Sites: Livestock Markets Pennsylvania: New Holland
Missouri: Norwood Wisconsin: Dairy Cattle Sales
Missouri: Springfield Texas: Sulphur Springs
Washington: Toppenish Georgia: Thomasville
Kentucky: Mammoth Cave Idaho: Jerome
   
Historical Dairy Heifer Markets  
Norwood, Missouri Spreadsheet
Springfield, Missouri Spreadsheet
   
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MU Extension - CA Program
For comments or questions concerning these pages, please contact:
Scott Poock  Dairy Veterinarian
Barry Steevens  State Dairy Specialist