don't know how you run your dairies, but in europe dairy cattle doesn't get a lot of opportunity to wear their toes off. so naturally their toes grow too long. If someone running a 600 head dairy doesn't trim the hoofs its understandable (never having to trim feet, and never trimming them is a whole different world), but i'ld like to know how much milk these cows gave. If they only give 20 litres, i wouldn't treat them either. here dairy gives about 35-50l daily on average, so good walking is necessary. Cattle with bad angled legs should be noticed without letting their feet grow. they should be thrown out anyways, no discussion.
For the record, we trim feet of dairy cows twice a year, once in the fall, when they don't go outside anymore, this way we can check for infections etc as well, and once in the spring, when they are turned back into the fields during the day, and only enter stables at night. those that have robotmilking actually do it three times sometimes, because the cows walk a lot less.
And last but not least, you probably run an extensive beef farm (i'm not sure), and then it's natural that you don't trim feet, because the cattle get to walk enough to wear their feet down.
We select cattle for good legwork as well (a bull that stands badly can't support his weight: +1200kg with bbw), but if they are kept in pens they just don't wear off, so you have to cut.
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