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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 15185"><p>Wow, Vicki, thanks! I'd been wondering if Simmentals might not be a good choice for us, since they were a triple purpose (milk, meat, and draft) breed originally. But I'd been unable to find out much about today's milk production (and milk EPDs for beeves tell you alot about weaned calves, but not a lot about usable lactations for humans, since no one cares about that anymore). I'd wondered if the dairy ability had largely been bred out. Apparently not! And, the size of the Simmental is perfect -- lots of beef in the calves! Sounds like one of these girls could probably do the trick on pasture alone! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Do you have any suggestions for finding a milky enough Simmental heifer?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 15185"] Wow, Vicki, thanks! I'd been wondering if Simmentals might not be a good choice for us, since they were a triple purpose (milk, meat, and draft) breed originally. But I'd been unable to find out much about today's milk production (and milk EPDs for beeves tell you alot about weaned calves, but not a lot about usable lactations for humans, since no one cares about that anymore). I'd wondered if the dairy ability had largely been bred out. Apparently not! And, the size of the Simmental is perfect -- lots of beef in the calves! Sounds like one of these girls could probably do the trick on pasture alone! :-) Do you have any suggestions for finding a milky enough Simmental heifer? [/QUOTE]
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