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- somerset
we have xbreds, plenty make 7+, got a few 11 served, but those years when it was not a problem, we were holstien, and not many of them make 7th, quite a few a lot less. Few years ago, took calves to Shaftsbury mkt, in a pen, was 1 6month hfr calf, with a big red tag, farmers were saying BVD or johnes, started at a very low price, but ended up at a price, well over normal. That sums up some farmers attitudes to disease.maybe on your farm but the vast majority of cows don’t last as long as they did 30 years ago.