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Pre-weaning period key to rearing sustainable replacement heifers

Achieving optimal efficiency in the pre-weaning period is key to reducing heifer rearing costs and improving herd sustainability

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
clock • 6 min read
Rearing replacement heifers represents 20% of the total production costs within a dairy enterprise.
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Rearing replacement heifers represents 20% of the total production costs within a dairy enterprise.

At a recent open day held at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Hillsborough site, dairy youngstock research scientist, Gillian Scoley, discussed making the most of the pre-weaning period to...

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