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Ran across an interesting concept this weekend. What is your opnions?
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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1773375" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Yeah, I eventually got that. So keeping the full dairy heifers from 3 months old to whenever they calve... basically 21 months or more.</p><p></p><p>And then they get the half dairy calf back in three months and they also get any full dairy bull calves at 3 months. That sounds like two, maybe two and a half, 3 month old calves for keeping the dairy heifer for almost two years. Probably closer to two years than 21 months.</p><p></p><p>And they have to raise the full dairy bull calves and half dairy calves until they are marketable at a larger size or they have to find a market for them at lighter weights.</p><p></p><p>It's hard enough to make money on a good, full beef calf at 7 months. Dairy calves are worth half, more or less, and they're only three months old and lighter than a beef calf would be regardless of age.</p><p></p><p>Again... hard pass.</p><p></p><p>Are the dairy people paying for all the feed? That might make it doable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1773375, member: 42463"] Yeah, I eventually got that. So keeping the full dairy heifers from 3 months old to whenever they calve... basically 21 months or more. And then they get the half dairy calf back in three months and they also get any full dairy bull calves at 3 months. That sounds like two, maybe two and a half, 3 month old calves for keeping the dairy heifer for almost two years. Probably closer to two years than 21 months. And they have to raise the full dairy bull calves and half dairy calves until they are marketable at a larger size or they have to find a market for them at lighter weights. It's hard enough to make money on a good, full beef calf at 7 months. Dairy calves are worth half, more or less, and they're only three months old and lighter than a beef calf would be regardless of age. Again... hard pass. Are the dairy people paying for all the feed? That might make it doable. [/QUOTE]
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