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Had an interesting discussion with a retired dairy farmer from central valley of Cal.
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<blockquote data-quote="waihou" data-source="post: 1709362" data-attributes="member: 6511"><p>Yes, we Murray Grey breeders here in NZ sell most of our bulls to dairy herds. Some of the bigger herds will buy 6 at a time. We never have enough! </p><p></p><p>Murray Greys have got the reputation for being easy calving over yearling heifers and then have a good survival rate and grow like weeds. </p><p>Their weights often deceive the buyers. We just sold 2 yearling bulls in a 'service bull sale' they were just 13 months old. Entirely grass reared and we are just coming out of a wet winter, they stay outside year round. They weighed avg 423 kgs (932lbs) over the saleyard scales. The guy on the scales asked if they were 2 year olds. </p><p></p><p>The most popular beef breed in use over dairy herds here are Herefords as the black/white faced calves fetch the highest prices in the calf sales for fattening because of their growth and early finishing before their 2nd winter. </p><p> For the dairy herds easy calving is the aim, not the production of calves for fattening once the elite heifers are picked. Although there is now more of a move to sell them to grow on, driven by the welfare lobby to eliminate the culling of week old surplus dairy calves. So they are turning to beef breeds which will produce a calf easily and will fatten quickly as well. </p><p></p><p>There is no colour prejudices in the meat works here though, the heaviest, best finished, carcase gets the best price, regardless of the colour of its hide!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waihou, post: 1709362, member: 6511"] Yes, we Murray Grey breeders here in NZ sell most of our bulls to dairy herds. Some of the bigger herds will buy 6 at a time. We never have enough! Murray Greys have got the reputation for being easy calving over yearling heifers and then have a good survival rate and grow like weeds. Their weights often deceive the buyers. We just sold 2 yearling bulls in a 'service bull sale' they were just 13 months old. Entirely grass reared and we are just coming out of a wet winter, they stay outside year round. They weighed avg 423 kgs (932lbs) over the saleyard scales. The guy on the scales asked if they were 2 year olds. The most popular beef breed in use over dairy herds here are Herefords as the black/white faced calves fetch the highest prices in the calf sales for fattening because of their growth and early finishing before their 2nd winter. For the dairy herds easy calving is the aim, not the production of calves for fattening once the elite heifers are picked. Although there is now more of a move to sell them to grow on, driven by the welfare lobby to eliminate the culling of week old surplus dairy calves. So they are turning to beef breeds which will produce a calf easily and will fatten quickly as well. There is no colour prejudices in the meat works here though, the heaviest, best finished, carcase gets the best price, regardless of the colour of its hide! [/QUOTE]
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