I am not sure if I accidentally sent the beginning. Sorry if you received
half a message
I have this brainstorm that I want to run by all of you for input.
I have a pretty good grass farm in Michigan and have been running holstein
steers and dairy replacement heifers for the past 7 years. My idea is to
buy cull cows from one or two large commercial dairys that have failed to
re breed within their systems. I want to buy in April and May and put the
cows out on grass. I would expose them to bulls for 2 months and pregnancy
check all of them in the beginning of July. Open cows would then be sold
(and any others that are not performing well) as canner cutters. The
remaining cows would be grazed through the fall on grass, residues and
brassicas until they are 8 months pregnant and then sold as springers back
into the commercial dairy industry. Why won't this work?
Pat Henne
