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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 746791" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I'm seasonal calving. Just before starting supply for the season, I'm catching 100 - 150 litres of milk a day that I can't sell, on top of what the 20 or 25 baby calves I have on farm can drink.</p><p>Once supply (to the factory) starts, I use as much fresh colostrum as I can for the calves less than four days old, and mixed with whole milk in a quantity that keeps the older calves' feed *consistent*. Some days there is still 100 litres surplus colostrum produced, some days less.</p><p></p><p>The alternative truly is to tip it all down the drain or sell it for next to nothing to another calf rearer. I'm tied into using the stuff in my contract, not allowed to use milk that can be sold. Essentially its economic, and environmental (because spreading milk on the pasture can be environmentally hazardous).</p><p>I don't believe it's the best feed for calves, but they are content with it and grow well.</p><p></p><p>This is less of an issue for people who calve year round and/or have enough calves to use the surplus colostrum. In the future I'd rather do what my neighbour farmer did - raise extra calves on the fresh colostrum and store very little or none at all. Right now, and right up until I buy my own land and can do what I want instead of being tied into a sharemilking contract, I'm not allowed to keep extra calves aside from the 22% heifer replacements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 746791, member: 9267"] I'm seasonal calving. Just before starting supply for the season, I'm catching 100 - 150 litres of milk a day that I can't sell, on top of what the 20 or 25 baby calves I have on farm can drink. Once supply (to the factory) starts, I use as much fresh colostrum as I can for the calves less than four days old, and mixed with whole milk in a quantity that keeps the older calves' feed *consistent*. Some days there is still 100 litres surplus colostrum produced, some days less. The alternative truly is to tip it all down the drain or sell it for next to nothing to another calf rearer. I'm tied into using the stuff in my contract, not allowed to use milk that can be sold. Essentially its economic, and environmental (because spreading milk on the pasture can be environmentally hazardous). I don't believe it's the best feed for calves, but they are content with it and grow well. This is less of an issue for people who calve year round and/or have enough calves to use the surplus colostrum. In the future I'd rather do what my neighbour farmer did - raise extra calves on the fresh colostrum and store very little or none at all. Right now, and right up until I buy my own land and can do what I want instead of being tied into a sharemilking contract, I'm not allowed to keep extra calves aside from the 22% heifer replacements. [/QUOTE]
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