Line one Herefords

Cowgirl

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Just call them AAx, it will help their value, Her on the passport doesn't add to store value, they are too much associated with disproportionate levels of SC fat to IM Fat.
I'm told that's whey Stabiliser dropped Her from the mix.
What a lot of rubbish you post at times! Poor prices for Herefords is much more about fashion than meat quality.
 

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Cowgirl

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I'll usually avoid foot tall grazing at any time of year where possible.

I tend to keep newly calved cows on bare fields with a bale of hay or rough silage to keep them from milking too much because the calf only needs a few litres of milk in early life so if she's milking hard she'll partially dry some quarters off because they won't be sucked.

If a cow needs a lot of grass to be able to feed a 2 day old calf she's going to struggle to fuel a 6 week old calf that will drink 2 gallon of milk a day, particularly if she's not milking to her full potential on some quarters due to them partly drying off in early lactation.

If you calved in the autumn you wouldn't offer a cow 5kg of concentrate 2 days after she calves because it would be a waste, so I think the same applies to high quality forage too.
Of course you’ve never breast fed a baby! I have! It’s all about supply and demand for milk. Cows that have too much milk after calving may be prone to mastitis until the milk supply equals what the calf needs but drying off? No, when the calf needs it it will increase again.
Foot high grazing is my ideal, better for soil and the environment.
 
What a lot of rubbish you post at times! Poor prices for Herefords is much more about fashion than meat quality.
I hope reading the post again slowly will make you realise how inapplicable your post it to mine.

I said they were associated (by some buyers) with having fat in the wrong places, not that the beef was poor.

I also said that I was explained to be by someone involved in Stabilisers to be the reason why they dropped Hereford.

Neither of these are my opinion, just what I've been told, so calm down there doll.
 

Hilly

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I hope reading the post again slowly will make you realise how inapplicable your post it to mine.

I said they were associated (by some buyers) with having fat in the wrong places, not that the beef was poor.

I also said that I was explained to be by someone involved in Stabilisers to be the reason why they dropped Hereford.

Neither of these are my opinion, just what I've been told, so calm down there doll.
Do you believe everything your told ? I hope so now away n boil your heed and pee on your own chips not other people’s .
 
Of course you’ve never breast fed a baby! I have! It’s all about supply and demand for milk. Cows that have too much milk after calving may be prone to mastitis until the milk supply equals what the calf needs but drying off? No, when the calf needs it it will increase again.
Foot high grazing is my ideal, better for soil and the environment.
I would have said that thick tillered grass feeds more stock more efficiently which makes it better for the environment IMO, and protects the soil from sun wind and rain.

No I'm not equipped to breast feed, but lucky you.
Unfortunately a cows lactation doesn't work the way that yours did/do, when a cows quarter drys off I'd doesn't milk as well for the rest of that lactation.
Aren't you supposed to be a vet?
 
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Cowgirl

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Ayrshire
I would have said that thick tillered grass feeds more stock more efficiently which makes it better for the environment IMO, and protects the soil from sun wind and rain.

No I'm not equipped to breast feed, but lucky you.
Unfortunately a cows lactation doesn't work the way that yours did/do, when a cows quarter drys off I'd doesn't milk as well for the rest of that lactation.
Aren't you supposed to be a vet?
I am a vet and I expect people who make statements like you make to supply a scientific reference to back it up. If you can, I stand corrected. What you are describing is a temporary reduction in milk supply which will soon recover, not a permanent “drying off”.
As to your comments on Hereford meat quality, this is a public forum and incorrect statements like you made, whoever told you, risk damaging my business.
I am also not your “doll” (thank goodness) and if you persist in posting in chauvinistic language like that I shall report you to the forum administrators.
 
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tinsheet

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West Somerset
Of course you’ve never breast fed a baby! I have! It’s all about supply and demand for milk. Cows that have too much milk after calving may be prone to mastitis until the milk supply equals what the calf needs but drying off? No, when the calf needs it it will increase again.
Foot high grazing is my ideal, better for soil and the environment.
Bang on! (y)
 

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