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<blockquote data-quote="redpoll52" data-source="post: 650624" data-attributes="member: 8684"><p>Interesting comments everybody !!</p><p></p><p>I have been associated with both types, the long thin tail types don't suit what I breed for thats for sure. They are weak in constitution</p><p>and canott cope with our hard, cold, wet winters and dry summers. Their calves are never as good at weaning as a beefey cow and therefore slower to finish. </p><p></p><p>Ask comercial farmers about cows with short tails and beef on them. They usually reply with "thats the most productive cow in my herd"</p><p></p><p>Cows with a bit of beef on them are also better foragers on large scale hilly high country farms, where as the more dairy type are not.</p><p></p><p>You often get twelve to fifteen years production out of a strong beefey cow and the figures show over here that the other type only</p><p>get five or six years maximum.</p><p></p><p>What Im trying to get at is that "beef cattle" should be "beef cattle" and don't try and change that. If you want dairy type animals, buy a milking cow like a Jersey or Holstene Friesan. Don't buy beef cows and breed them like dairy's.</p><p></p><p>I look forward to your comments</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redpoll52, post: 650624, member: 8684"] Interesting comments everybody !! I have been associated with both types, the long thin tail types don't suit what I breed for thats for sure. They are weak in constitution and canott cope with our hard, cold, wet winters and dry summers. Their calves are never as good at weaning as a beefey cow and therefore slower to finish. Ask comercial farmers about cows with short tails and beef on them. They usually reply with "thats the most productive cow in my herd" Cows with a bit of beef on them are also better foragers on large scale hilly high country farms, where as the more dairy type are not. You often get twelve to fifteen years production out of a strong beefey cow and the figures show over here that the other type only get five or six years maximum. What Im trying to get at is that "beef cattle" should be "beef cattle" and don't try and change that. If you want dairy type animals, buy a milking cow like a Jersey or Holstene Friesan. Don't buy beef cows and breed them like dairy's. I look forward to your comments [/QUOTE]
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