In this episode, Betsy Hicks of CCE SCNY Dairy & Field Crops Team and Margaret Quaassdorff of CCE NWNY Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Team interview Dr. Tom Tylutki of AMTS. All things related to body weights in a dairy context are discussed – including time points to assess body weight and rate of average daily gain for heifers, nutritional context for growth during different time periods, and costs for putting weight on heifers. The importance for body weights in the context of antibiotic usage is talked about, and how mature weights of dairy cows have changed over time. New technologies around monitoring cow size and implications wraps up this episode.

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To access the slides that Dr. Tylutki references, please email Betsy at [email protected].

The scales Dr Tylutki references can be found at: https://primeusascales.com/product/us-ls9326-livestock-alleyway-scale-green-giant/. (Cornell Cooperative Extension is not affiliated with Prime USA Scales.)