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<blockquote data-quote="zendog" data-source="post: 527659" data-attributes="member: 6830"><p>I assumed the reason dairy calves are so cheap is because they are not strictly "replacement" but necessary for milk production, and the dairy farmer needs to get rid of them ASAP to start capturing the milk. Sorry if this is a wrong assumption as I am not at all familiar with dairy farming in any way.</p><p></p><p>I do not want to raise Holsteins for beef, partly because I assumed that a beef breed would produce more and better beef than a milk breed. Again my ignorance may be showing. Mostly, however, I am interested in trying the market dairy / Lowline Angus cross cattle is because I would like to explore the concept of small beef cattle and compare that to the large beef breeds I am raising now.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Finally, I have not gone directly to a dairy farmer because I assumed that a lot of dairy farmers would be reading this "dairy" thread on the "cattle forum" and I would get a variety of answers here rather than the one answer I would happened to get from the dairy farm I happen to visit.</p><p></p><p>BTW I am also interested in how difficult it is to raise a calf right off of a dairy. My guess is the dairy farmer wants to get the calves off of the dairy cow ASAP and they probably take special care just to survive.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p></p><p>zendog</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zendog, post: 527659, member: 6830"] I assumed the reason dairy calves are so cheap is because they are not strictly "replacement" but necessary for milk production, and the dairy farmer needs to get rid of them ASAP to start capturing the milk. Sorry if this is a wrong assumption as I am not at all familiar with dairy farming in any way. I do not want to raise Holsteins for beef, partly because I assumed that a beef breed would produce more and better beef than a milk breed. Again my ignorance may be showing. Mostly, however, I am interested in trying the market dairy / Lowline Angus cross cattle is because I would like to explore the concept of small beef cattle and compare that to the large beef breeds I am raising now. Finally, I have not gone directly to a dairy farmer because I assumed that a lot of dairy farmers would be reading this "dairy" thread on the "cattle forum" and I would get a variety of answers here rather than the one answer I would happened to get from the dairy farm I happen to visit. BTW I am also interested in how difficult it is to raise a calf right off of a dairy. My guess is the dairy farmer wants to get the calves off of the dairy cow ASAP and they probably take special care just to survive. Thanks zendog [/QUOTE]
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