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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 575602" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p><em>That is an easy one.....make sure the treadmill is sloped downward at a 15 degree angle. :mrgreen: I think you are saying the energy usage would be greater for working cattle than for a milk cow or a beef cow provided they receive the different inputs. If the energy usage input was identical for all three scenarios, which would be the most productive taking into consideration the retail cost of milk, the retail cost of beef, and the retail cost of electricity? How about in 10 years?</em></p><p></p><p>Too many variables..."not all cattle are created equal"...like everything else you'd have to determine the best breed, most efficient frame size, ability to convert feed....holstein cattle will always produce more milk...and they definitely know how to eat...but they are also fragile and do not handle extreme stress well and when expected to walk on a treaadmill "downhill" for hours milk production will drop dramatically. On the other hand even if you're beef cows learn to eat 55 lbs. how much milk will they make, will they breed back and will they keep walking?? All at the same time?????.........Would take years of study and experimentation to come to any kind of conclusion other than "You're killing a lot of good cattle" and all you end up with is a notebook full of numbers and a lot less money than you began with. :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 575602, member: 6897"] [i]That is an easy one.....make sure the treadmill is sloped downward at a 15 degree angle. :mrgreen: I think you are saying the energy usage would be greater for working cattle than for a milk cow or a beef cow provided they receive the different inputs. If the energy usage input was identical for all three scenarios, which would be the most productive taking into consideration the retail cost of milk, the retail cost of beef, and the retail cost of electricity? How about in 10 years?[/i] Too many variables..."not all cattle are created equal"...like everything else you'd have to determine the best breed, most efficient frame size, ability to convert feed....holstein cattle will always produce more milk...and they definitely know how to eat...but they are also fragile and do not handle extreme stress well and when expected to walk on a treaadmill "downhill" for hours milk production will drop dramatically. On the other hand even if you're beef cows learn to eat 55 lbs. how much milk will they make, will they breed back and will they keep walking?? All at the same time?????.........Would take years of study and experimentation to come to any kind of conclusion other than "You're killing a lot of good cattle" and all you end up with is a notebook full of numbers and a lot less money than you began with. :nod: [/QUOTE]
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