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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1571942" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Nearly all calves sold under 200 lbs are dairy or dairy crossed calves. Properly managed they</p><p>can be very feed efficient. They would go on a textured calf starter for 1-2 weeks. </p><p>Then if a guy was running a decent number of them, they would use their own corn to make their </p><p>own complete calf feed containing both concentrate and roughage to control the forage intake. </p><p> </p><p>When they reach 350-375 lbs then on to a grower ration containing either higher levels of </p><p>forage or they might continue on a high concentrate program depending on their end goal and </p><p>available home grown feedstuffs. Like hogs, it's a volume based program.</p><p>In effect they are adding value to their corn by selling it through the calves/steers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1571942, member: 14585"] Nearly all calves sold under 200 lbs are dairy or dairy crossed calves. Properly managed they can be very feed efficient. They would go on a textured calf starter for 1-2 weeks. Then if a guy was running a decent number of them, they would use their own corn to make their own complete calf feed containing both concentrate and roughage to control the forage intake. When they reach 350-375 lbs then on to a grower ration containing either higher levels of forage or they might continue on a high concentrate program depending on their end goal and available home grown feedstuffs. Like hogs, it's a volume based program. In effect they are adding value to their corn by selling it through the calves/steers. [/QUOTE]
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