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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="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1709822" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Ever since I can remember, , the dairies around here ( when there used to be dairies), bred heifers, and a lot of their milkers, to Angus bulls. Well the younger dairymen ( my dad's age, so they'd be 90 years old or more now) did. The older ones (my grandpa's age, so they be 120-125 years old if they were still around) used Jersey bulls on heifers. then Holsteins for the cows. They thought the cow didn't make as much milk when carrying a beef calf vs a dairy calf! LOL. In the early 70's, a lot started using Brahma bulls, too. </p><p></p><p>I guess these days, with using sexed semen AI, they can tailor their calving with both heifers and milkers, to get what they want, when they want. That way, they don;t have to fool with selling dairy bull calves, or half-dairy heifer calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1709822, member: 40587"] Ever since I can remember, , the dairies around here ( when there used to be dairies), bred heifers, and a lot of their milkers, to Angus bulls. Well the younger dairymen ( my dad's age, so they'd be 90 years old or more now) did. The older ones (my grandpa's age, so they be 120-125 years old if they were still around) used Jersey bulls on heifers. then Holsteins for the cows. They thought the cow didn't make as much milk when carrying a beef calf vs a dairy calf! LOL. In the early 70's, a lot started using Brahma bulls, too. I guess these days, with using sexed semen AI, they can tailor their calving with both heifers and milkers, to get what they want, when they want. That way, they don;t have to fool with selling dairy bull calves, or half-dairy heifer calves. [/QUOTE]
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