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It depends on what you want to do with the milk. And are you crossing your dairy cow with a beef breed for a butcher calf? My personal choice is the American Milking Devon. They're a heritage breed, and will give out about the same amount and quality of milk as a jersey, with the added benefit...

I'm guessing by your screen name your have the Dutch Belted or the Galloway Belted? My Mom calls them the "oreo cookie" cows, regardless of which breed it is.

As pointed out in another comment, Devons are slow growers. I wanted a terminal sire that would increase growth rate and improve feed conversion for a small crop of decent beef steers. I plan to start out small - no more than 5 heifers - as I want to utilize the Devon for milk as well as meat...

Coastal is a significantly damper climate than central or eastern. It is also mostly mountainous alpine forest due to the presence of the Cascade Range. Eastern is high (or alpine) desert and very dry and hot in the summers and cold and dryish in the winters, much like western Nevada. Central...

I would say central. Siskiyou County, right on the I5 corridor.

Well, as I said I currently don't own land or cattle. I'm in far northern California - I'm about 30 minutes from the Oregon border. I want to buy land in Montana someday, though. Somewhere with a view of a nearby mountain range would be nice, but those tend to be pretty pricey and out of the...

Hi everyone! Let me state clearly here and now: I neither own land (someday though~) nor any cows. I've done a lot of research over the years so I know what breed of heifer I want (American Milking Devon) and was curious about what I should cross them with to produce a better butcher calf...