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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1693768" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>The holstein - jersey crossbred is one of the worst I have ever dealt with. Have seen hundreds of them over the years here in farms I milk test for. They tend to be much higher strung.... attitudes.... and the combination seems to produce the worst udders... within 3-4 lactations more are sold for breakdown of the rear ligament support, than any of the straight breed bred cows. I have several as nurse cows and can say the same from my personal experience. I breed all mine back to jersey to try to breed back out the holstein... or breed them angus for terminal calves. </p><p>Holstein-angus and holstein-hereford are decent for a family type cow... making less milk than a straight holstein for family use... and producing a good calf for beef if bred back to a beef breed. The her/hol cross tend to have less than desireable udders. </p><p></p><p>Many of my farmers have found over the years that crossing between the dairy breeds is just not worth it. I have several farmers that raised registered animals, and there are several with holsteins still milking in their teens....</p><p></p><p>One cross that I have seen to be very workable is the holstein/montbeliarde... they tend to be good milkers, and very "beefy" built.... very easy keepers. The "reds" (norwegian and swedish) also seem to make decent crosses as far as milking goes... but have no references as to longevity. </p><p></p><p>You might want to see if you can get any information from some place like DHIA or another of the dairy/milk testing companies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1693768, member: 25884"] The holstein - jersey crossbred is one of the worst I have ever dealt with. Have seen hundreds of them over the years here in farms I milk test for. They tend to be much higher strung.... attitudes.... and the combination seems to produce the worst udders... within 3-4 lactations more are sold for breakdown of the rear ligament support, than any of the straight breed bred cows. I have several as nurse cows and can say the same from my personal experience. I breed all mine back to jersey to try to breed back out the holstein... or breed them angus for terminal calves. Holstein-angus and holstein-hereford are decent for a family type cow... making less milk than a straight holstein for family use... and producing a good calf for beef if bred back to a beef breed. The her/hol cross tend to have less than desireable udders. Many of my farmers have found over the years that crossing between the dairy breeds is just not worth it. I have several farmers that raised registered animals, and there are several with holsteins still milking in their teens.... One cross that I have seen to be very workable is the holstein/montbeliarde... they tend to be good milkers, and very "beefy" built.... very easy keepers. The "reds" (norwegian and swedish) also seem to make decent crosses as far as milking goes... but have no references as to longevity. You might want to see if you can get any information from some place like DHIA or another of the dairy/milk testing companies. [/QUOTE]
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