SammieBrewer2010
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Anyone have experience with this cross and how did it go? Are the calves worth buying and raising?
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greggy said:lithuanian farmer is that first Angus cross cow a cross with Holstien ?
SammieBrewer2010 said:Anyone have experience with this cross and how did it go? Are the calves worth buying and raising?
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It was a good start in beef farming for us. Very few had purebred beef cattle at the time we started buying some cattle. Also it wasn't cheep... It was hard to find a decent looking beefxdairy heifer/cow for a normal price too. It's been 15 years since then. Still have three dairyxbeef cows. The whole herd has been developed from such cows and is still being improved. They can produce some very nice calves, not worse than from full beef cows with proper bull selection.True Grit Farms said:All the successful dairies that I know of "the ones still in business" are excellent in feed and forage management. I can see where an Angus beef mix could help sell dairy calves. But I see no reason why a beef operation would want any dairy cross cattle in their herd.
lithuanian farmer said:It was a good start in beef farming for us. Very few had purebred beef cattle at the time we started buying some cattle. Also it wasn't cheep... It was hard to find a decent looking beefxdairy heifer/cow for a normal price too. It's been 15 years since then. Still have three dairyxbeef cows. The whole herd has been developed from such cows and is still being improved. They can produce some very nice calves, not worse than from full beef cows with proper bull selection.True Grit Farms said:All the successful dairies that I know of "the ones still in business" are excellent in feed and forage management. I can see where an Angus beef mix could help sell dairy calves. But I see no reason why a beef operation would want any dairy cross cattle in their herd.
It's unreasonable for a full beef operation to put such cows into the herd for no reason. However, have seen many using them as recipients for ET or as cows to raise a couple calves a year. Beefxbeef are very uncommon here, so there are either purebred beef or xbeef with dairy background.
Dang Grit, I think some of the dairy crosses, braunviegh and Santa gertrudis are some of the best beef cows, and that's just a couple.True Grit Farms said:All the successful dairies that I know of "the ones still in business" are excellent in feed and forage management. I can see where an Angus beef mix could help sell dairy calves. But I see no reason why a beef operation would want any dairy cross cattle in their herd.
The dairy looks will appears when the calves get older. Especially the long face and big frame...but of course not all Holstein x Angus will look like that.greggy said:I was asking as I can get Angus x Holstien calves, they actually look just like my pure Angus calf, so was wondering if I should take 6 or so on board, raise them, wean them, then sell off some as beef and maybe retail some heifers for use with a beef bull, such as Angus....
The young pure Angus calves are nowhere really to be found, and expensive usually if you do find them. here at least.
I will have to check to see if they are accepted as beef if sold through yards locally, but they look good it seems, so, what is the down side ? Not efficient at converting grass too meat ?
Muddy said:The dairy looks will appears when the calves get older. Especially the long face and big frame...but of course not all Holstein x Angus will look like that.