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Ideal beef cow include some dairy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 373414" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>I guess it depends on your location, forage, etc. Look around your area and see how many people have dairy influence in their cow herds. But where I live, dairy cattle milk too heavily to be practical on pasture. Milk is not free. The cow must have more food (grain or grass) to maintain her body condition and breed back for another calf. Once upon a time, there was a push in this area for people to buy dairy heifers, grow them out on grass, get them bred, and sell them back to the dairy. For a few years you saw a lot of Holstein cows in pastures. But it didn't take too many years for them to disappear. They have been bred to produce milk, not beef. We have a neighbor who had a few Jersey cows. Those Jersey cows would raise a dozen orphan calves for her every year. But that was back when people were giving away orphans.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 373414, member: 13"] I guess it depends on your location, forage, etc. Look around your area and see how many people have dairy influence in their cow herds. But where I live, dairy cattle milk too heavily to be practical on pasture. Milk is not free. The cow must have more food (grain or grass) to maintain her body condition and breed back for another calf. Once upon a time, there was a push in this area for people to buy dairy heifers, grow them out on grass, get them bred, and sell them back to the dairy. For a few years you saw a lot of Holstein cows in pastures. But it didn't take too many years for them to disappear. They have been bred to produce milk, not beef. We have a neighbor who had a few Jersey cows. Those Jersey cows would raise a dozen orphan calves for her every year. But that was back when people were giving away orphans. [/QUOTE]
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