Suckler cows.. is it worth it?

unlacedgecko · Jun 9, 2022

Anymulewilldo said:
Around here it’s a dangerous game. Go down with TB and you’re fecked

But if you can beat the TB you're well up. Would work best if you're within 10 miles of a dairy farm to contract with. Then you can do the linked holdings thing.

Guiggs · Jun 9, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
But if you can beat the TB you're well up. Would work best if you're within 10 miles of a dairy farm to contract with. Then you can do the linked holdings thing.

Is it 10 miles?
I had it in my head it was 5

digger64 · Jun 9, 2022

livestock 1 said:
Depends if you want the faff on of setting a one on and what else you have to do that’s kind of how it is here. You will need to milk her out a couple of times a day really until you get a calf on the job if you go that way.

or the faff of tb bvd ibr scours etc etc etc and getting hurt

unlacedgecko · Jun 9, 2022

Guiggs said:
Is it 10 miles?
I had it in my head it was 5

According to my googling they no longer exist. Guidance for linked holdings was withdrawn 29 SEP 2020.

Rossymons · Jun 9, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
According to my googling they no longer exist. Guidance for linked holdings was withdrawn 29 SEP 2020.

10 miles is my understanding as I've had a customer do a link up this spring.

Cowlife · Jun 9, 2022

The dairy heifer rearing is great. But I know a couple of men who got caught with tb after a few years. They both stopped it after that which should give an idea how bad that scenario is

livestock 1 · Jun 9, 2022

hendrebc said:
If you buy cows in your probably not as concerned with disease as some?
You must have a lot of cows reading your comments on here so probably a few twins kicking about anyway?

Yes buy most of them in for replacements. Don’t get too concerned about buying trouble but I do know who and where I buy off. Fairly well up the hill bull everything as fast as I can bulls are always with the cows that need to be back Incalf so calving all year round have done for years. Don’t really get many twins for whatever reason probably because cows don’t get fat enough as we don’t hold the bull off them. Had about 6 or 7 calved last week another 3 imminent at the moment. Probably haven’t a big number of cows compared to some but plenty for the type of farm if you know what I mean

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