Table 1. Cost to raise a dairy heifer in confinement and on pasture

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Table 1. Cost to raise a dairy heifer in confinement and on pasture Stage of growth 200-700 lb 700-850 lb 850 to calving Feed and labor ($/day) Confinement $2.18 $2.76 $3.69 Managed Grazing $1.30 $1.50 Difference $0.88 $1.26 $2.19 Savings from managed grazing for 180-day grazing season $158.40 $226.80 $394.20 Table data source: Benson, F., 2011. Grazing Heifers: An opportunity for large dairy farms. https://nydairyadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_439.pdf

Table 2. Per Acre Returns to a Pasture Heifer Enterprise 600 lb gain per acre Value of gain per pound $1.50 $1.00 Costs Fencing ($75/a over 15 yrs) $5 Watering ($40/a over 10 yrs) $4 Seed ($80/a over 10 yrs) $8 Land rent per acre $250 Lane ($50/a over 10 yrs) Grain (1 lb/day x 210 days x 1.68 head) $44 Labor (4.5 hr/a x $10/hr) $45 Total expense per acre $361 Total income per acre $900 $600 Return to management $539 $239 Table data source: Kilmer, L. and L. Tranel. 2014. Optimizing your heifer enterprise. Iowa State University Extension. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/dairyteam/files/page/files/Heifer%20Enterprise%202014.pdf

Rotationally grazed paddocks Table 3. Comparison of health of first lactation cows raised on pasture and in feedlot Rotationally grazed paddocks Feedlot raised # of animals 21 Displaced abomasum (DAs) 2 7 Difficult calving 3 5 Metritis 1 Ketosis Skeletal injury Table data source: Chester‐Jones, H., M. Rudstrom, and L. Torbert. 2005. Grazing systems and management for heifers: Nutritional management and animal responses. Proc. Dairy Calves and Heifers: Integrating Biology and Management, Holiday Inn, Syracuse, NY. NRAES‐175, Jan. 25‐27. pp. 160‐175.

Rotationally grazed + supplement Table 4. Comparison of first lactation performance of cows raised on pasture and in confinement Rotationally grazed + supplement Confinement + TMR # of animals 37 48 Average Daily Gain, pre-calving 1.97 lbs. 1.86 lbs. 1st Lactation Production, 305-day adjusted 25,328 lbs. 23,415 lbs. Table data source: Hedtcke, J. 2012. Pastured heifers grow well and have productive first lactations. CIAS Research Brief #89. https://www.cias.wisc.edu/pastured-heifers-grow-well-and-have-productive-first-lactations/