Rearing the 2022 dairy heifer requires attention to detail

With input costs on dairy farms increasing, extra care and attention should be dedicated to ensuring dairy heifer replacements are reared as efficiently as possible. From birth to calving at 24 months, dairy heifers represent a significant cost investment for the farmer, therefore the rearing programme needs to work. In order for that animal to yield as productive a life as possible, a number of key stage targets should be met in terms of growth in its early months. Sometimes on busy dairy fa