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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1071439" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Milk Replacer cost = $22.50 per cwt. [higher than the premium grade A milk price] </p><p>A penny saved is a penny earned.</p><p></p><p>Since you're short on pasture and still have the dairy equipment, when you sell a springing heifer...</p><p>Why not take part of the money and buy an older dairy cow or 2 instead of buying milk replacer? </p><p>Late lactation bred dairy cows cost little more than slaughter price. You get a calf as pay back, milk the cow 11-12 months, send her to slaughter and repeat. 1 dairy cow provides more than enough milk to bottle feed and wean a dozen calves per year.</p><p>When we got rid of the milk replacer and switched to cow's milk, we got rid of most all of the scour problems too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1071439, member: 14585"] Milk Replacer cost = $22.50 per cwt. [higher than the premium grade A milk price] A penny saved is a penny earned. Since you're short on pasture and still have the dairy equipment, when you sell a springing heifer... Why not take part of the money and buy an older dairy cow or 2 instead of buying milk replacer? Late lactation bred dairy cows cost little more than slaughter price. You get a calf as pay back, milk the cow 11-12 months, send her to slaughter and repeat. 1 dairy cow provides more than enough milk to bottle feed and wean a dozen calves per year. When we got rid of the milk replacer and switched to cow's milk, we got rid of most all of the scour problems too. [/QUOTE]
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