whitesville new york | garvo - 12/19/2016 10:45
agree 100% =my cattle in confinement meet a melting point at 14 months on the finishing end-I wouldn't want cows confined over that-I think that's why today in the dairy world they are limited on life cycle
Not trying to pick on you garvo but some real life dairy numbers for you. A 100 cow dairy in theory will calve in 100 cows each year. They will produce 50 hiefer calves, say 10% don't make it to calving, so now you have 45 animals entering the herd, so to maintain size, the dairy will need 45 cows to leave the herd due to death loss, culling, or selling animals back into another dairy herd. I wouldn't be surprised if a 100 cow dairy calves in 120+ cows a year producing another 10+ heifers. |
Folks with cow/calf in barn full time, couple questions
