This dairy newsletter will be brief as we want to alert you
to two additional dairy webinars that will be
held in the next month.
Webinar 1: Managing the Dairy
Replacement Herd
“Managing the Dairy Replacement
Herd” webinar is designed to address the importance and renewed interest in
heifer management. This heightened awareness is due to higher costs of
raising heifers, the increased
demand for higher milk production in younger cows,
and the need to improve dairy cow longevity resulting in greater total
productive life. The webinar will discuss the importance of quantity, quality and timing of colostrum intake, acquiring and monitoring suggested heifer growth
rates, review of production costs, and improving the health and productivity of the
replacement as a dairy cow. The profitability of dairy replacements can
be significantly credited to the growth and health conditions in their first 22
to 24 months of life. The 40 minute webinar presentation will be
conducted by Dave Fischer,Mike Hutjens and Dick Wallace,
U of I Extension Dairy specialists.
Webinar 2:Strategies for Cull Cow
Management: Reducing your Risk of Antibiotic Residues.
The
third University
of Illinois Dairy Webinar
is scheduled for May 1st from noon to 1 pm CDT. "Strategies for Cull Cow
Management: Reducing Your Risk of Antibiotic Residues” is designed to address
current issues in cull cow management. The heightened awareness of animal
welfare issues with cows sent to slaughter and the potential for antibiotic
residues in cull cows is driving this webinar. Following the National Milk
Producer's Federation Top 10 Considerations for Culling and Transporting Dairy
Animals to a Packing or Processing Facility will be discussed.Evaluating options for on-farm feeding of
non-lactating market cows will be presented. The 40 minute webinar presentation
will be conducted by Dick Wallace,
Dave Fischer and Mike Hutjens, U of I Extension Dairy specialists.
