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Selecting which heifers to keep
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<blockquote data-quote="jfranseen" data-source="post: 598520" data-attributes="member: 8132"><p>This one is a little off subject, but it brings up a good point. When I was younger my uncle would breed every one of his dairy heifers to a hereford bull. Calving ease I suppose. My dad, also a dairy farmer at the time was disgusted. He believes that if you have any kind of a breeding program that the heifers (or bulls for that matter) from a first lactation cow should be your best genetics on the farm. Keep in mind that is if you are using AI or the best bulls you can afford. Back to beef. If your heifers don't raise the biggest calves compared to mature cows, but you still breed them the best you can don't over look their calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jfranseen, post: 598520, member: 8132"] This one is a little off subject, but it brings up a good point. When I was younger my uncle would breed every one of his dairy heifers to a hereford bull. Calving ease I suppose. My dad, also a dairy farmer at the time was disgusted. He believes that if you have any kind of a breeding program that the heifers (or bulls for that matter) from a first lactation cow should be your best genetics on the farm. Keep in mind that is if you are using AI or the best bulls you can afford. Back to beef. If your heifers don't raise the biggest calves compared to mature cows, but you still breed them the best you can don't over look their calves. [/QUOTE]
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