HonoredCattlemen
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I'm new to the dairy game and I have some questions on what people can do in their business.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I'm seeing two main groups of dairies. Are there more?
Group 1: Rearing Heifers. Farmers raise replacement heifers and sell them to milk producers. I assume this group has a stock of mothers for producing the replacement heifers and has the option to buy semen or have some bulls on the farm for getting them pregnant
Group 2: Milk Producer, Farmers buy replacement heifers, get them pregnant and start milking a week or so after the calf is born. (Does the calf also get milk or do they feed the calf replacement milk?)
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I'm seeing two main groups of dairies. Are there more?
Group 1: Rearing Heifers. Farmers raise replacement heifers and sell them to milk producers. I assume this group has a stock of mothers for producing the replacement heifers and has the option to buy semen or have some bulls on the farm for getting them pregnant
Group 2: Milk Producer, Farmers buy replacement heifers, get them pregnant and start milking a week or so after the calf is born. (Does the calf also get milk or do they feed the calf replacement milk?)