“I used to raise a lot of heifers just because it was cheap to raise them and if one didn’t work out, there were others to replace her,” Souza says. “That doesn’t work anymore. You have to be very intentional with the heifers you choose to raise.”

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It’s obvious as Hansen rattles off names of past students and their current professions that he is passionate about those he teaches and coaches. 

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“I think, done the right way and with proper management all the way through, these calves are better than the native beef,” said Dan Dorn.

“When we talk about raising a dairy replacement heifer, it’s going to ultimately make a milk cow,” said John Robison, a consultant at JDR Livestock Consulting Management Services, during a session of the 2023 Dairy Calf and Heifer Association annual meeting.

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