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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1645950" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>My mistake was raising them from bottle calves. That put too much time and money into the operation. At that time I was getting Holstein bull calves from a small dairy that had been 100% AI for 40+ years. I raised them and sold them to other dairies for breeding bulls. I figured throwing in a few heifers wouldn't change my work load. It did however take way too much time to begin producing.</p><p>A blue million years ago I read an article about a guy who ran 80 Holstein Hereford cross cows. He bred to an Angus bull. When they calved he grafted on a Holstein bull calf. So every cow raised twins. He figured on good years the Holstein calf covered expenses and the beef calf was profit. On poor years he figured he was breaking even with the beef calf and the lower value Holstein was the profit. I am sure he had a steady stream of replacements. He also must have been feeding better than the average guy. It was an interesting idea. There is more than one way to skin a cat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1645950, member: 498"] My mistake was raising them from bottle calves. That put too much time and money into the operation. At that time I was getting Holstein bull calves from a small dairy that had been 100% AI for 40+ years. I raised them and sold them to other dairies for breeding bulls. I figured throwing in a few heifers wouldn't change my work load. It did however take way too much time to begin producing. A blue million years ago I read an article about a guy who ran 80 Holstein Hereford cross cows. He bred to an Angus bull. When they calved he grafted on a Holstein bull calf. So every cow raised twins. He figured on good years the Holstein calf covered expenses and the beef calf was profit. On poor years he figured he was breaking even with the beef calf and the lower value Holstein was the profit. I am sure he had a steady stream of replacements. He also must have been feeding better than the average guy. It was an interesting idea. There is more than one way to skin a cat. [/QUOTE]
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