In this episode, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Margaret Quaassdorff and Dave Balbian discuss best management practices for dairy heifers from post-weaning to freshening. Topics include heifer health and nutrition, growth and breeding targets, housing facilities and ventilation, and incorporation into the milking herd.

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Dialing into your Best Dairy: Calves-Birth Though Weaning

In this episode, CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Alycia Drwencke and Casey Havekes discuss best management practices for the dairy calf from the time of birth through to weaning. Topics include colostrum management, cleanliness, ventilation, housing, plane of nutrition, and weaning strategies.

For more information: https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/events/podcasts/

Dialing into your Best Dairy: Reaching your Herd’s Genetic Potential opens with CCE Regional Dairy Specialists Betsy Hicks, Lindsay Ferlito, and Margaret Quaassdorff giving an overview of the series. An interview with Cornell University Professor, Dr Mike VanAmburgh, gives background on epigenetics and how he came to study the effect management and nutrition play in genetic programming of the calf for her entire life.

For more information: https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/events/podcasts/