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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1821177" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>I agree that an old cow that has been very productive will eventually start to decline and that decline can happen quickly. I am not one to be sentimental and decide that the cow needs to die and be buried on the farm. They still can make a contribution to the burger market. </p><p></p><p>But there may be an exception to the idea of culling before or when the decline starts. In purebred operations, there are some cows (think well known "famous" cows) that may still have more value than cull price. Some of those old cows can be bred and flushed and might still produce a few high dollar embryo's. The problems of old age like fertility, udders, milk quantity, milk quality, teeth - those are old age problems, not genetic problems. IF a person can get a few embryo's from the cow, they may be willing to pay more than slaughter price to take a chance on that. The embryo's still have the genetic value of the cow in her prime. That sometimes happen in seedstock herds and can pay off. "Always" rules might sometime be "most of the time" rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1821177, member: 40418"] I agree that an old cow that has been very productive will eventually start to decline and that decline can happen quickly. I am not one to be sentimental and decide that the cow needs to die and be buried on the farm. They still can make a contribution to the burger market. But there may be an exception to the idea of culling before or when the decline starts. In purebred operations, there are some cows (think well known "famous" cows) that may still have more value than cull price. Some of those old cows can be bred and flushed and might still produce a few high dollar embryo's. The problems of old age like fertility, udders, milk quantity, milk quality, teeth - those are old age problems, not genetic problems. IF a person can get a few embryo's from the cow, they may be willing to pay more than slaughter price to take a chance on that. The embryo's still have the genetic value of the cow in her prime. That sometimes happen in seedstock herds and can pay off. "Always" rules might sometime be "most of the time" rules. [/QUOTE]
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