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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 839105" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong>Of what??</strong></span></p><p></p><p>If the dairy diets were not properly balanced then that was a management problem. As for silage, results depend on quality like anything else. Silage typically it not that high in protein but should contain enough grain to have good energy content. Maybe the quality of the hay was much better than the quality of the silage. </p><p></p><p>As for life expectancies and diets being the primary cause I have no idea. The world and the folks in it arer in constant change and certainly are much different than even 20 years ago...Maybe in our case it's not so much what we eat but "how much" we eat. ;-) </p><p></p><p>Oldest cow I've had is still alive at 16 and just had 14th calf in April. Had a good number 8-10 years olds still in excellent health, body condition and raised great calves. Sold them all to another breeder in March. Unless something unexpected happens I'd expect them all to be producing another 6-8 years as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 839105, member: 6897"] [color=#FF0000][b]Of what??[/b][/color] If the dairy diets were not properly balanced then that was a management problem. As for silage, results depend on quality like anything else. Silage typically it not that high in protein but should contain enough grain to have good energy content. Maybe the quality of the hay was much better than the quality of the silage. As for life expectancies and diets being the primary cause I have no idea. The world and the folks in it arer in constant change and certainly are much different than even 20 years ago...Maybe in our case it's not so much what we eat but "how much" we eat. ;-) Oldest cow I've had is still alive at 16 and just had 14th calf in April. Had a good number 8-10 years olds still in excellent health, body condition and raised great calves. Sold them all to another breeder in March. Unless something unexpected happens I'd expect them all to be producing another 6-8 years as well. [/QUOTE]
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