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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 628874" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Hee. I can't disagree.</p><p></p><p>Buying in and rearing Jerseys (heifers) on milk powder was certainly quite a learning experience. It's nothing like handling the more robust, larger Holstein-Friesians and crossbreds. They need a bit more shelter too.</p><p></p><p>There's a market for Jersey bulls to run with dairy heifers. Out here, it goes up and down - some years calf rearers make a big loss on them, others they win. This year they were in greater demand than availability and prices were high ($NZ1500 - 1900 for a 2 yr old).</p><p>I've never even heard of a Jersey steer, but I have had heifers that didn't get in calf grade prime and make $NZ7 - 800, about three times what I get for the same weight of cow beef. If you can do that at a profit, might be worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 628874, member: 9267"] Hee. I can't disagree. Buying in and rearing Jerseys (heifers) on milk powder was certainly quite a learning experience. It's nothing like handling the more robust, larger Holstein-Friesians and crossbreds. They need a bit more shelter too. There's a market for Jersey bulls to run with dairy heifers. Out here, it goes up and down - some years calf rearers make a big loss on them, others they win. This year they were in greater demand than availability and prices were high ($NZ1500 - 1900 for a 2 yr old). I've never even heard of a Jersey steer, but I have had heifers that didn't get in calf grade prime and make $NZ7 - 800, about three times what I get for the same weight of cow beef. If you can do that at a profit, might be worth it. [/QUOTE]
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