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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 1285054" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>Criticism is OK. To many producers if it isn't the Black and White Holstein, it isn't a diary cow. How many Holstein cows can give birth to twins and produce over 50,000 lbs of milk in a lactation only to have twins again and still producing a second lactation over 50,000 lbs of milk. We deal with criticism everyday, with other breeds and groups not wanting to recognize or acknowledge that other breeds exist and can complete and be more profitable than what they are used to.</p><p></p><p>But the producers that are crossbreeding are seeing returns in more ways than one. While the Holstein is capable of producing milk, producers are getting tired of selling cows in their first or second lactation due to health and/or reproductive issues. Many raise their own replacements, but they need them to replace cows that they have had to cull and barely have enough replacements. When producers are culling fewer cows and don't need as many replacements, they now have surplus animals to sell, which return far greater profit than selling cull cows. Another advantage when selling bull calves off the farm, when using the Fleckvieh or Montbeliarde the calves look like a black baldy and with these markings when the time comes to send them to market they don't get docked like they would if it were a Holstein.</p><p></p><p>When producers cross breed, the production with these crossbreeds is holding and producing very well right along side of their Holstein herdmates, but with higher components of fat and protein. </p><p></p><p>Replacements cost to raise, (this is true whether you are talking dairy or beef), but if they can't stay in the herd long enough to recoup the cost of raising them, that is money that can't be recovered.</p><p></p><p>We have one member that went back and looked thru his records. In a year that he had an equal number of Holstein and Crossbred heifers born, after looking the information up, he discovered that he only had 1 Holstein left in the herd in production compared to still having 9 of the crossbred cows.</p><p></p><p>When looking at the Elite Cow List, when we started 2 years ago, our breeds represented around 49% of the animals on the list excluding Holstein and Jersey.</p><p></p><p>We have moved into the age of genomics with our "Red" breeds and we are continually showing better genomic results than the Ayrshire animals that have been genomic tested.</p><p></p><p>Internationally, the Fleckvieh is the second largest breed in numbers only behind the Holstein.</p><p></p><p>So, if you are implying that producers with crossbred dairy cows are smarter, then we appreciate your comments!! Even bankers are beginning to open their eyes to the advantages of these "Non-Traditional" breeds. This is a new era in the dairy industry not just here in North America, but globally as well. These breeds are here to stay!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 1285054, member: 16303"] Criticism is OK. To many producers if it isn't the Black and White Holstein, it isn't a diary cow. How many Holstein cows can give birth to twins and produce over 50,000 lbs of milk in a lactation only to have twins again and still producing a second lactation over 50,000 lbs of milk. We deal with criticism everyday, with other breeds and groups not wanting to recognize or acknowledge that other breeds exist and can complete and be more profitable than what they are used to. But the producers that are crossbreeding are seeing returns in more ways than one. While the Holstein is capable of producing milk, producers are getting tired of selling cows in their first or second lactation due to health and/or reproductive issues. Many raise their own replacements, but they need them to replace cows that they have had to cull and barely have enough replacements. When producers are culling fewer cows and don't need as many replacements, they now have surplus animals to sell, which return far greater profit than selling cull cows. Another advantage when selling bull calves off the farm, when using the Fleckvieh or Montbeliarde the calves look like a black baldy and with these markings when the time comes to send them to market they don't get docked like they would if it were a Holstein. When producers cross breed, the production with these crossbreeds is holding and producing very well right along side of their Holstein herdmates, but with higher components of fat and protein. Replacements cost to raise, (this is true whether you are talking dairy or beef), but if they can't stay in the herd long enough to recoup the cost of raising them, that is money that can't be recovered. We have one member that went back and looked thru his records. In a year that he had an equal number of Holstein and Crossbred heifers born, after looking the information up, he discovered that he only had 1 Holstein left in the herd in production compared to still having 9 of the crossbred cows. When looking at the Elite Cow List, when we started 2 years ago, our breeds represented around 49% of the animals on the list excluding Holstein and Jersey. We have moved into the age of genomics with our "Red" breeds and we are continually showing better genomic results than the Ayrshire animals that have been genomic tested. Internationally, the Fleckvieh is the second largest breed in numbers only behind the Holstein. So, if you are implying that producers with crossbred dairy cows are smarter, then we appreciate your comments!! Even bankers are beginning to open their eyes to the advantages of these "Non-Traditional" breeds. This is a new era in the dairy industry not just here in North America, but globally as well. These breeds are here to stay!!! [/QUOTE]
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