Although the dairy heifer’s age at breeding and calving are vitally important factors, the driver behind earlier calving is getting the animal to a breeding size that is 55% and calving size at 95% of the dairy herd’s mature body weight. Learn the impact of a heifer’s maturity at the time of breeding and calving on her first-lactation performance and how to properly maintain the correct rate of gain in bred heifers.

Farm Ready Research

Learn the most up-to-date information on topics from dairy and livestock production to forage and farm management resources from Extension experts. See the full list of topics at go.wisc.edu/frr2021. Choose the sessions that are applicable to your farm:

• Badger Dairy Insight: Bi-weekly, Tuesdays, 1:00 pm
• Farm Management Fridays: Bi-weekly, 11:00 am
• Focus on Forage: Wednesdays, 12:30 pm
• Small Ruminants: Monthly, Second Tuesday, 7:30 pm