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Learn more about the Calf & Heifer Program, a nutrition and management system to help raise productive calves and heifers.  

Calf and Heifer Program

The Calf and Heifer Program is a unique nutrition and management system designed specifically to help you raise healthy, productive calves and heifers. Whether you are supplying a herd owner, herd manager or your own dairy, the customized approach of the Calf and Heifer Program can help deliver the right nutrients to the right animal at the right time.

Using the unique factors of your operation to create innovative solutions that are specific to your operation, the calf and heifer program is designed to:

  • Wean calves early to help reduce risk of scours and provide economical growth
  • Rapidly develop the rumen of the newborn calf to promote early utilization of fiber sources
  • Provide balanced amino acid levels to help generate rapid lean tissue growth
  • Rapidly develop a heifer with the proper frame size and body condition
  • Raise a healthy, productive first calf heifer that meets your customer’s expectations

By understanding your customer’s requirements, creating solutions that will help you reach your goals, and clearly outlining the steps to achieve success, the Calf and Heifer Program can help you maximize profits in your operation.

Innovation Campus dairy cattle video
Cargill's Animal Nutrition Innovation Campus develops feeds to help keep dairy cattle healthy and maximize your profitability.  

Our Animal Nutrition Innovation Campus represents over 100 years of experience in animal nutrition research and a focus on collaborating with customers. Learn more by viewing our dairy video.

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