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<blockquote data-quote="James T" data-source="post: 905521" data-attributes="member: 17369"><p>Hi dbro. There's almost always more to the process than meets eye, so do your homework and think it out. One of the posters to this forum - milkmaid - once ran some economics on calves with nursecows. You might want to contact her. Her post below(from another forum) is old so the economics have probably changed since then.</p><p></p><p>Question asked of milkmaid:</p><p></p><p>"MM I'm curious as to why you raise heifer calves with nurse cows vs. just buying milk replacer. Isn't the up keep of the nurse cow a lot more expensive? Do you have the nurse cows raise more than one batch of calves during a lactation?" </p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>milkmaid </p><p>Senior Member Join Date Jun 2006 </p><p>Location USA </p><p>"Good nurse cow on pasture has ZERO feed cost, which means calves have zero feed cost. Nurse cow in the winter costs $20/week, so she has to have four calves on or it would make more sense to use milk replacer. However, with four calves on I'm saving $30 a month, and yes I do put several sets on a cow per lactation. I can wean and graft a new set every 3-5 months."</p><p></p><p>"I also get better gains on a nurse cow. Calves I weaned yesterday averaged .38lbs/day gain MORE than their contemporaries which received grain (no milk)."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James T, post: 905521, member: 17369"] Hi dbro. There's almost always more to the process than meets eye, so do your homework and think it out. One of the posters to this forum - milkmaid - once ran some economics on calves with nursecows. You might want to contact her. Her post below(from another forum) is old so the economics have probably changed since then. Question asked of milkmaid: "MM I'm curious as to why you raise heifer calves with nurse cows vs. just buying milk replacer. Isn't the up keep of the nurse cow a lot more expensive? Do you have the nurse cows raise more than one batch of calves during a lactation?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- milkmaid Senior Member Join Date Jun 2006 Location USA "Good nurse cow on pasture has ZERO feed cost, which means calves have zero feed cost. Nurse cow in the winter costs $20/week, so she has to have four calves on or it would make more sense to use milk replacer. However, with four calves on I'm saving $30 a month, and yes I do put several sets on a cow per lactation. I can wean and graft a new set every 3-5 months." "I also get better gains on a nurse cow. Calves I weaned yesterday averaged .38lbs/day gain MORE than their contemporaries which received grain (no milk)." [/QUOTE]
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