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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 576183" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>The "trick" with milk is to match your milk EPD to the feed available for the cow. Milk is not free. If a cow has a higher milk EPD, she'll need more feed to maintain her condition to breed back. We would like to keep milk at 15 or below here because we run our cows on native grass in the summer. And on standing dry grass or bermuda hay (when we can get it) and cottonseed cubes in the winter. We've had some difficulty keeping milk in that range, though. If you're in an area with more rain and lots of quality forage, you can possibly support more milk.</p><p></p><p>Don't confuse fat and muscle. A high milking cow may wean a heavy calf, but if it's fat instead of muscle, it will melt away when he's no longer nursing. </p><p></p><p>I'm not surprised if you don't get an answer to your question. I don't know of any actual research that shows milk affects muscling. If someone has it, I'd like to read it. Sometimes people on the board confuse opinions with facts. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 576183, member: 13"] The "trick" with milk is to match your milk EPD to the feed available for the cow. Milk is not free. If a cow has a higher milk EPD, she'll need more feed to maintain her condition to breed back. We would like to keep milk at 15 or below here because we run our cows on native grass in the summer. And on standing dry grass or bermuda hay (when we can get it) and cottonseed cubes in the winter. We've had some difficulty keeping milk in that range, though. If you're in an area with more rain and lots of quality forage, you can possibly support more milk. Don't confuse fat and muscle. A high milking cow may wean a heavy calf, but if it's fat instead of muscle, it will melt away when he's no longer nursing. I'm not surprised if you don't get an answer to your question. I don't know of any actual research that shows milk affects muscling. If someone has it, I'd like to read it. Sometimes people on the board confuse opinions with facts. :) [/QUOTE]
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