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 Management
- Heifer Management (Penn State)
- Calf and Heifer Management (eXtension)
- Dairy Heifer Management (Wisconsin)
- Dairy Heifer Production Manual (Missouri)
- Calves and Heifers (Minnesota)
- Calves and Heifers Resources (Iowa)
- Raising Dairy Replacements (MWPS)
- Calves and Heifers Papers (Illinois)
- NAHMS Dairy Heifer 2011 Study (USDA)
Contract Heifer Production
- Dairy Heifer Contracting Fundamentals (eXtension)
- Custom Heifer Raising Contracts (Minnesota)
- Economics of Heifer Contracting (Ohio State)
- Dairy Heifer Contracting (Ohio State)
- Example Contract 1 (Penn State)
- Example Contract 2 (Penn State)
Calf Management
- Calf Management (Penn State)
- CalfNotes.com
- Calf Management Protocols (Missouri)
- Calf Management (Wisconsin)
Industry Heifer Standards
- Gold Standard I - < 6 months (DCHA)
- Gold Standard II - > 6 months (DCHA)
- Gold Standard III - Welfare (DCHA)
Dairy Heifer Markets
- US: Livestock Markets
- Missouri: Norwood
- Missouri: Springfield
- Washington: Toppenish
- Kentucky: Mammoth Cave
- Pennsylvania: New Holland
- Texas: Sulphur Springs
Historical Dairy Heifer Prices
Economics
- Contract Grower Cost Estimator Tool (Missouri)
- Dairyman's Money Left on the Table (Missouri)
- Raising Dairy Replacements Budget (Kansas State)
Reproduction
- Health and Reproduction (Missouri)
- Preventing Pregnancy Loss in Dairy Heifers (Missouri)
- Getting Large Numbers of Dairy Heifers Bred AI (Missouri)
Associations
