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First calf spring 2011
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<blockquote data-quote="waihou" data-source="post: 853635" data-attributes="member: 6511"><p>No, we didn't get snow settling down here, but I hear Feilding did. We have just had a couple of snowstorms, big fluffy flakes, but hardly wet the ground let alone settle, snow is a novelty for us! Temperature was down to about 1C, but the youngest calf is 3 days old now, so not a worry, while it stays dry.</p><p></p><p>I was interested as to what the returns for calves were like on the truck. I think the good white face and freisians are fetching good prices at 10 days old in the Rongotea sales. Like well over $100.</p><p></p><p>I suppose the trade off between using a beefier sire over some of the cows you don't want to keep heifers from is a better price on the bobby truck and less milk to get them over the acceptable weight as that means to get milk in the vat, then I don't suppose another $1 or 2 for the calf is worth the risk of maybe getting bigger calves? But getting upwards of double the price for a 40kg calf might be worth a look?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waihou, post: 853635, member: 6511"] No, we didn't get snow settling down here, but I hear Feilding did. We have just had a couple of snowstorms, big fluffy flakes, but hardly wet the ground let alone settle, snow is a novelty for us! Temperature was down to about 1C, but the youngest calf is 3 days old now, so not a worry, while it stays dry. I was interested as to what the returns for calves were like on the truck. I think the good white face and freisians are fetching good prices at 10 days old in the Rongotea sales. Like well over $100. I suppose the trade off between using a beefier sire over some of the cows you don't want to keep heifers from is a better price on the bobby truck and less milk to get them over the acceptable weight as that means to get milk in the vat, then I don't suppose another $1 or 2 for the calf is worth the risk of maybe getting bigger calves? But getting upwards of double the price for a 40kg calf might be worth a look?! [/QUOTE]
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