Dave,
What breed of cows are you milking now? I had a chance to stop in your
place for a visit several years ago and you had Holsteins then. Have you
switched or cross bred?
Bob Kreft
At 10:32 AM 6/11/04, you wrote:
>Dave,
>What do you mean by concerns?
>Smaller seems to work well with cows walking long distances.
>Bull calves still bring Holstein prices. They actually seem to finish
>more quickly so we have a high demand for calves.
>I don't know the reason but the cows have better body condition than we
>saw back in the Holstein days. Many things have changed and it is
>difficult to know the exact reason but with very low grain feeding we
>see cows cycling soon after calving and large numbers settling on first
>service.
>The only real issue we have is that an old herringbone parlor with 54
>inch centers gives these cows room to move too much at milking. It may
>be time to build that new parlor.
>If this discussion does pick up I may not respond rapidly as I'll be at
>the Mid Atlantic grazing conference from the 12th through the 16th.
>Regards,
>Dave Forgey
>
>
>Care to further comment on concerns over the smaller sized cows coming
>out of these genetics?
>
>Dave Gneiser
>WisCOWsin
>
>
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