

Winter With a Dairy Heifer
It’s winter. It’s cold and it’s windy. How we manage our dairy heifers during the winter months impacts how well our heifers continue to grow and how healthy they stay, and ultimately the quality of show heifer that is returned to the dairy farmer they’re borrowed from. Several factors that should be considered include shelter, water and nutrition and also health signs to keep an eye out for. It’s the 4-H and FFA livestock exhibitor’s responsibility to make sure these areas a