Economic impacts of constrained replacement heifer supply in dairy herds

Pranav S. Kulkarni, Rene Haijema, Henk Hogeveen, Wilma Steeneveld and Monique C.M. Mourits

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 217, issue C

Abstract: In recent years, environmental policies, especially in North-western European countries have put pressure on the total livestock on a dairy farm. On closed dairy farms this primarily has resulted in a reduction of the heifer rearing unit to maintain the production unit. The economic consequences of constrained replacement heifer supply on herd level have not been investigated.

Keywords: Heifer supply; Cow replacement; Multi-component optimization; Retention pay-off; Inter-cow comparison (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103943

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