Items Tagged with 'heifer-raising costs'
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Evaluating fixed and variable costs throughout the operation can help identify areas where cost and labour savings can be achieved. However, cow comfort is an area that should not be cut.
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Creating a win-win: Grazing heifers for economic and ecological returns
Grazing heifers in a rotational grazing system not only offers ecological benefits but may also offer cost savings and improve animal health.
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Cow longevity is a key to dairy profitability
A look at longevity shows a potential for added profitability.
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Wait or weight? How defining insemination eligibility and reproductive performance of heifers impacts first-lactation bodyweight and milk production
Recent research conducted at the University of Wisconsin – Madison studied how insemination eligibility and reproductive performance affects first-lactation performance.
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Recording and analyzing data: Does it really help?
Measuring weights and accurately recording health events can help improve management decisions, which is how we improve over time.
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What is the right number of heifers to raise?
Managing heifer inventories and determining how many heifers to keep is a more frequent and varied discussion today than in the past. Farms should ascertain exactly how many replacement heifers they need and strategize their management.
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Turn platinum heifers into golden girls
Creating an environment that creates and retains more profitable mature cows and producing the right number of quality mature heifers is a large part of the productive life story.
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Calf data – the missing puzzle piece in cow performance?
Data can help uncover why an animal isn’t meeting performance goals and reveal management areas to improve. Records should start at birth and include disease, serum total protein and weights.
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