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A while ago, I asked if a dairy farmer would consider inseminating his dairy cows with Lowline Angus semen. My object was to get smaller half Lowline Angus beef cows at less cost than getting them from Lowline stock. I thought a dairy farmer might be interested because so many dairy calves...

Thanks a lot. Everyone has been very helpful. Since posting I have found a dairy farmer who will cross with an AI lowline Angus. In person, it is not difficult to get agreement when you can guarantee the dairyman he will not lose money. However – as several have suggested – I would probably...

Well, I am learning a lot. A couple more points and question and I will be gone and you folks can get back to serious dairy cattle talk with my deep appreciation and gratitude. First, what I have learned most is that I am probably better off finding a beef cattle rancher and paying him to...

I think my ignorance is making me appear to be argumentative which was not my intention. I just cant make the facts all fit together. For example this ad from Craigslist got me started on this track: "Calves continue to be this cheap. We currently have some smaller Holstein calves --$10 each...

I am missing something here. If every dairy cow calves once a year, and have of the calves are female, and all females are replacement, that would mean that 1/2 of all dairy cows are replaced every year and the the average age of a dairy cow is 1 year??? Aren't dairy cows productive for 6 or 8...

I assumed the reason dairy calves are so cheap is because they are not strictly "replacement" but necessary for milk production, and the dairy farmer needs to get rid of them ASAP to start capturing the milk. Sorry if this is a wrong assumption as I am not at all familiar with dairy farming in...

I am a hobby farmer in Indiana. I raise a couple of steers a year. I like the idea of miniature cattle but the cost of stock is so high that I can not begin to break even selling beef and I do not want to get into being a being a breeding operation. I know that dairy calves sell for very...