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<blockquote data-quote="novaman" data-source="post: 759476" data-attributes="member: 2744"><p>Yes, but they are my own heifers to go back into my own herd. By the way your post reads I'm assuming you would be acquiring them, raising them, then selling them...is that correct? Not sure what you mean about pros and cons. They can be expensive to buy since very few dairies will sell females as calves. I would run them until a couple weeks before they are due to calve and sell them as springers. To make them more appealing I would AI them to some top notch bulls. Of coures the springing heifer prices will have huge swings in what they are worth depending upon the price of milk at that particular time. Back in '07 and '08 you could have sold them for $1800+. I talked to a fellow dairyman a couple weeks back and he picked up 15 close up heifers for $900. Hope that answers some of your questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novaman, post: 759476, member: 2744"] Yes, but they are my own heifers to go back into my own herd. By the way your post reads I'm assuming you would be acquiring them, raising them, then selling them...is that correct? Not sure what you mean about pros and cons. They can be expensive to buy since very few dairies will sell females as calves. I would run them until a couple weeks before they are due to calve and sell them as springers. To make them more appealing I would AI them to some top notch bulls. Of coures the springing heifer prices will have huge swings in what they are worth depending upon the price of milk at that particular time. Back in '07 and '08 you could have sold them for $1800+. I talked to a fellow dairyman a couple weeks back and he picked up 15 close up heifers for $900. Hope that answers some of your questions. [/QUOTE]
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