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<blockquote data-quote="honeyend" data-source="post: 5673120" data-attributes="member: 23108"><p>Looking at the tread about Laverstock park farm, you can have high ideals and even spends loads of money and it still not end up where you thought it would.</p><p> I think you have to look at the local market. Is there somewhere local to sell to that will pay a premium for your product which makes up for the reduced amount of milk available for sale and are you going to be good at creating a brand and marketing it? Will any beef can also be sold USP label?</p><p> I cow and calf is a good USP for some people, you can still wean and grow on later for beef . My concerns are the practicalities, you have to set up so they are separated over night, and be ready for milking in the morning, then turn out as a herd, which means moving cows and calves every day. Or do you have a mobile milking parlour?. The choice of cow that is going to allow you to be near the calf when its really small, so you are going to have to know your cow. So do you go for a proven small holder cow, that's been hand milked with calf and work up to a more commercial set up?</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CalfAtFootDairy/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CalfAtFootDairy/</a></p><p><a href="http://smilingtreefarm.com/blog/cow-calf-dairying-pirates-code-8" target="_blank">http://smilingtreefarm.com/blog/cow-calf-dairying-pirates-code-8</a></p><p> As you can see I am still thinking this through?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="honeyend, post: 5673120, member: 23108"] Looking at the tread about Laverstock park farm, you can have high ideals and even spends loads of money and it still not end up where you thought it would. I think you have to look at the local market. Is there somewhere local to sell to that will pay a premium for your product which makes up for the reduced amount of milk available for sale and are you going to be good at creating a brand and marketing it? Will any beef can also be sold USP label? I cow and calf is a good USP for some people, you can still wean and grow on later for beef . My concerns are the practicalities, you have to set up so they are separated over night, and be ready for milking in the morning, then turn out as a herd, which means moving cows and calves every day. Or do you have a mobile milking parlour?. The choice of cow that is going to allow you to be near the calf when its really small, so you are going to have to know your cow. So do you go for a proven small holder cow, that's been hand milked with calf and work up to a more commercial set up? [URL]https://www.facebook.com/CalfAtFootDairy/[/URL] [URL]http://smilingtreefarm.com/blog/cow-calf-dairying-pirates-code-8[/URL] As you can see I am still thinking this through? [/QUOTE]
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