forced to stop milking, advice on making suckle herd from dairy

[neilo]

Info in the Arla thread in the dairy section

But yes they will not be allowed to slaughter calves under 8 weeks old and ALL calves will have to be reared until that age.

I think they can sell them but have to ensure the buyer rears them untill they are 8 weeks old.

A dairy man was telling me that yesterday. I suspect there will be a lot more calves born dead.

 

[Tarw Coch]

A dairy man was telling me that yesterday. I suspect there will be a lot more calves born dead.

Nowadays such things have to be recorded for farm assurance purposes and reviewed as part of your herd health plan, there’s no easy way of circumventing these things.

 

[Henarar]

Perhaps they should keep a breed of milking cow that produces a calf that is worth having/selling, that would be a way round it

 

[Fergieman]

Perhaps they should keep a breed of milking cow that produces a calf that is worth having/selling, that would be a way round it

Thats the answer. Most of my B&W steers grade an O+ at slaughter get a few R and a very few O-. Lim x are R and had the odd U. It amazes me that my B&W steers grade better than alot of suckler bred animals. Seen grade sheets of Angus cattle only getting O+