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Podcast: Uplevel Dairy Podcast
Episode: 205 | Dairy Heifer Raisers Talk Challenges and Triumphs in 2025
Description: Join the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) for the Annual Conference in Westminster, Colorado, April 8-10. Visit dairycalfandheifer.org Two heifer growers from two different parts of the country join us today: TJ McClure joins us from southwest Kansas, and Kendall Wassenaar from northwest Iowa, to chat about the strategies they have been using to overcome challenges on their heifer development operations, including:Recruiting labor in a county with only 1,200 people,  Problem-solving pink eye in heifersStrategies for increasing operational efficiency and reducing man hoursAnd the organization thro...