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<blockquote data-quote="Angus Cowman" data-source="post: 675500" data-attributes="member: 8829"><p>Also let me clarify my earlier response with all things being equal as for feed conditions hfrs will usually wean a smaller calf for one reason that hfr herself is taking alot of the nutrients she is taking in because she is still growing herself instead of putting it all in milk where as a cow is just maintaing herself and therefore more of her intake goes into milk production </p><p>now if you feed that hfr most of the time her calf will equal that of a cow but the ? is can you justify the input $ of feed for the weight gain on the calf </p><p>in my experience I can't because if you have a 550lb calf out of a cow and a 475 lb calf out of a hfr the 550 weight calf brings a $1.00 per lb and the 475 lb calf will bring a $1.10 so you are only talking about a income of $27.50 more for the cows calf over the hfrs and $27.50 will not buy enough feed to get the other calf to 550lbs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angus Cowman, post: 675500, member: 8829"] Also let me clarify my earlier response with all things being equal as for feed conditions hfrs will usually wean a smaller calf for one reason that hfr herself is taking alot of the nutrients she is taking in because she is still growing herself instead of putting it all in milk where as a cow is just maintaing herself and therefore more of her intake goes into milk production now if you feed that hfr most of the time her calf will equal that of a cow but the ? is can you justify the input $ of feed for the weight gain on the calf in my experience I can't because if you have a 550lb calf out of a cow and a 475 lb calf out of a hfr the 550 weight calf brings a $1.00 per lb and the 475 lb calf will bring a $1.10 so you are only talking about a income of $27.50 more for the cows calf over the hfrs and $27.50 will not buy enough feed to get the other calf to 550lbs [/QUOTE]
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