Like gas and groceries, the cost of trucking and raising dairy heifers out West has gone up. Does this present Wisconsin farmers with an opportunity to lure these animals back to the state with low-input approaches and similar performance standards with well-managed grazing? Michael Geissinger, UW Nutrient & Pest Management specialist, and Will Fulwider, Regional Crops Educator for Dane & Dodge Counties, sit down with Jason Cavadini, UW-Madison Extension Grazing Outreach Specialist, and Mike Redetzke, a farmer custom-raising dairy heifers near Colby to discuss the nuts and bolts of getting confinement dairy operations in Wisconsin to put their heifers out on grass.
Listen to other episodes of Field Notes on KZfaq, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or by going to the Field Notes webpage: cropsandsoils.extension.wisc..... For more information on adopting best management practices on your farm, contact the Agriculture Extension Educators serving your area. Find yours here: counties.extension.wisc.edu/
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