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<blockquote data-quote="francismilker" data-source="post: 636557" data-attributes="member: 7028"><p>For the person looking for a home cow that does well on grass, might I suggest Ayrshire or Milking Shorthorn with grass-based genetics? Mine do well on grass alone most of the year (except during extreme winter conditions when I supplement with soybean meal/salt mixed 50\50 ratio. </p><p>The calves grow well and don't appear as "dairy" as other breeds and they cut really well if raised for slaughter. Most people that I sell a heifer will raise them as a family milker and then breed them to a black bull for an outstanding beef/dairy cross calve that sells comparitively well to straight beef calves at the sale barn if they choose not to butcher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="francismilker, post: 636557, member: 7028"] For the person looking for a home cow that does well on grass, might I suggest Ayrshire or Milking Shorthorn with grass-based genetics? Mine do well on grass alone most of the year (except during extreme winter conditions when I supplement with soybean meal/salt mixed 50\50 ratio. The calves grow well and don't appear as "dairy" as other breeds and they cut really well if raised for slaughter. Most people that I sell a heifer will raise them as a family milker and then breed them to a black bull for an outstanding beef/dairy cross calve that sells comparitively well to straight beef calves at the sale barn if they choose not to butcher. [/QUOTE]
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