Early grazing-season forages may not have enough nutrients to satisfy your heifers’ needs. Either wait to turn them out or ...

Good heifers are the future of a dairy, so it is important to raise them to grow optimally—to become healthy, high-producing cows. Dr. Bob James, a dairy consultant and owner of Down Home Heifer ...

The Southern Great Plains has seen better forage growing conditions in 2013 than in many recent years. This has been, in part, due to less wind, cooler temperatures and more rainfall. Many ranchers ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Of the roughly 47,000 dairies left in the U.S., 97 percent raise heifers on-site. Independently of where they are raised, it is critical to know costs associated with raising ...

Healthy heifers offer a sure continuity to a thriving dairy farming business. It is therefore prudent to raise female calves well as you groom them to slowly join the herd. When you cull the older ...

MONTGOMERY, Minn. — Jeff Tuma quit milking, but he didn’t leave the dairy industry. Tuma is a custom heifer raiser for two dairy producers, George Duban of Lonsdale and Mark Mundt of Waseca. At a ...

MONTGOMERY, Minn. — Jeff Tuma figured he’d raise steers after he quit milking in July 1998. Then, a dairy farmer approached him about raising heifers. At that time, no one was custom raising heifers, ...