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Why Holstien Jersey Cross?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1669157" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>The reason that holsteins were preferred for the volume was because for quite awhile that was where the fluid milk market was.... and the milk plants were not paying enough extra for the components in this area. Butterfat/protein and solids not fat are only worth more if the milk is shipped to go into cheese plants and such.... as [USER=14585]@Son of Butch[/USER] said. Around here our market is fluid milk sales, so they want volume. </p><p>Jerseys are getting to where they are having more breeding problems and they are getting bred to be bigger and then you get into other problems. My holstein dairies have very good conception rates overall.... and I have several dairies that longevity is VERY IMPOTANT.... mostly in the reg purebreds. The problem with that is that there are fewer dairies now, the ones left are getting bigger, and replacement heifers are getting cheaper. Used to be a small dairy had a good "side income" from selling a couple of good replacements a year, because they didn't want to milk more than "X" number of cows. Sexed semen made it easier to have plenty of replacements, and the smaller dairies are going out and there is less market for the replacements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1669157, member: 25884"] The reason that holsteins were preferred for the volume was because for quite awhile that was where the fluid milk market was.... and the milk plants were not paying enough extra for the components in this area. Butterfat/protein and solids not fat are only worth more if the milk is shipped to go into cheese plants and such.... as [USER=14585]@Son of Butch[/USER] said. Around here our market is fluid milk sales, so they want volume. Jerseys are getting to where they are having more breeding problems and they are getting bred to be bigger and then you get into other problems. My holstein dairies have very good conception rates overall.... and I have several dairies that longevity is VERY IMPOTANT.... mostly in the reg purebreds. The problem with that is that there are fewer dairies now, the ones left are getting bigger, and replacement heifers are getting cheaper. Used to be a small dairy had a good "side income" from selling a couple of good replacements a year, because they didn't want to milk more than "X" number of cows. Sexed semen made it easier to have plenty of replacements, and the smaller dairies are going out and there is less market for the replacements. [/QUOTE]
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