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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1850578" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>The holstein dairies in this area have been doing that for several years. Breeding the top 1/3 or so of the herd to sexed holstein heifer semen, using straight holstein semen and beef bulls on the lower 1/2 or so of the herd so they get a calf... and as you said, using some for recips especially the registered herds I test that buy embryo's , or that have their own harvested. It is just in the last year that these beef cross BLACK calves here have hit these high prices. There was a big push in the Jersey herds to use beef semen, and I think it was Limousin, and there were actual buyers that were paying to have the jersey's bred this way and guaranteeing to buy the calves. A year ago I could still buy some pretty decent holstein bull calves to graft on cows for $100....now I can't find a twin bull calf at 75 lbs for less than $150-200</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1850578, member: 25884"] The holstein dairies in this area have been doing that for several years. Breeding the top 1/3 or so of the herd to sexed holstein heifer semen, using straight holstein semen and beef bulls on the lower 1/2 or so of the herd so they get a calf... and as you said, using some for recips especially the registered herds I test that buy embryo's , or that have their own harvested. It is just in the last year that these beef cross BLACK calves here have hit these high prices. There was a big push in the Jersey herds to use beef semen, and I think it was Limousin, and there were actual buyers that were paying to have the jersey's bred this way and guaranteeing to buy the calves. A year ago I could still buy some pretty decent holstein bull calves to graft on cows for $100....now I can't find a twin bull calf at 75 lbs for less than $150-200 [/QUOTE]
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