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Heifer Development
Animal Agriculture Podcast
English - August 18, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.89 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBusiness Science animal agriculture agriculture animal nutrition veterinarian nutritionist feed livestock nutrition beef dairy swine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Nutritional Considerations for Health Challenged Pigs
On today's episode, John Ratzenberger sits down with Diamond V's Dr. Gavin Staley to discuss how a dairy farmer knows when to breed virgin heifers. On many dairies the decision is entirely based on if the heifers look “big” enough, reach a certain age, or the pen is getting crowded and they need to move on. But the critical question should be when are they mature? Today we’ll talk about how breeding immature heifers has a profoundly negative impact on the entire herd’s future productivity. Join us for this week's episode of Nutra Blend's Animal Agriculture podcast!