AMES, Iowa – The Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference webinar series continues on Monday, Oct. 6, featuring Gail Carpenter, assistant professor and extension dairy specialist at Iowa State University.

Carpenter will discuss nutritional strategies to reduce stress in calves. The webinar aims to assist producers in understanding the priorities needed to manage their calves' nutritional requirements.

“Research from Iowa, Florida and Wisconsin shows that calves who experience stress — whether heat, health or nutritional — rarely reach their genetic potential for production as cows,” said Fred Hall, dairy specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. “Gail’s presentation will describe in-depth how slowing development because of nutritional challenges costs

See Full Page