If I bought a cow.......

[AGN76]

for say £1500, put it into my neighbours herd and he kept the milk to cover it's costs, would I get any money back at the end of the year. Or would it be easier to ask how long is a piece of string??

 

[alan6430]

What if it dies? Who are we blaming that on?

 

[happycows]

If you bought a nice heifer at £1500 and if she got back incalf and if she calved in again well too a nice calf and if you sold her looking well as a freshly calved second calver you could well make yourself £500/600 in increased value and calf value, BUT there are a lot of if's in there and personally if i was your neighbour i wouldn't want the responsibility of having too get all those just right.

 

[AGN76]

What if it dies? Who are we blaming that on?

If it dies, it dies. I know these things happen, just put it down to experience... and buy another

 

[multi power]

for say £1500, put it into my neighbours herd and he kept the milk to cover it's costs, would I get any money back at the end of the year. Or would it be easier to ask how long is a piece of string??

What do you want to achieve?
It would be better to own a small percentage of the herd than an individual cow or cows

 

[AGN76]

What do you want to achieve?
It would be better to own a small percentage of the herd than an individual cow or cows

Well, just an interest in some dairy cows really. I have sucklers at home, but dairy remains close to my heart

 

[Scholsey]

Well, just an interest in some dairy cows really. I have sucklers at home, but dairy remains close to my heart

Buy heifer calfs, rear them, ai them to sexed semen and sell them as in calf heifers?

 

[Sharpy]

Buy heifer calfs, rear them, ai them to sexed semen and sell them as in calf heifers?

Or calve them and rear their heifers and so on?

 

[AGN76]

Buy heifer calfs, rear them, ai them to sexed semen and sell them as in calf heifers?

That is the other option

 

[Scholsey]

That is the other option

Would TB cause a problem?

 

[Shep]

That is the other option

100% better option.

 

[AGN76]

There's always that blot on the landscape

 

[Stevethemeat]

In theory it works in practice and speaking from experience you could loose the cow or in my case 18 of them #daylightrobery #dickturpin wore a mask and Robin Hood had morals and only robbed from the rich this t*** stole in my worst time of life
Apologies for the rant to everyone reading as this was only one farmer

 

[Rossymons]

TB is that much of a problem that you can still sell restricted stock. Just don't have any plans of calving them down though!

 

[AGN76]

TB is that much of a problem that you can still sell restricted stock. Just don't have any plans of calving them down though!

You could be right, Maybe I'll shelve all plans until the UK is tb free. Won't be long I'm sure!

 

[Rossymons]

You could be right, Maybe I'll shelve all plans until the UK is tb free. Won't be long I'm sure!

The plan (admittedly by someone else) to buy calvea and rear on to I/C heifers is perfectly sound as I don't think you'll have any problem shifting them. Its just at what price? And you would want them gone the minute they're drawing udder so you don't get landed with them.

Thats all if you get TB by the way as well.

I know of loads of old dairy farmers doing it.

 

[More to life]

The plan (admittedly by someone else) to buy calvea and rear on to I/C heifers is perfectly sound as I don't think you'll have any problem shifting them. Its just at what price? And you would want them gone the minute they're drawing udder so you don't get landed with them.

Thats all if you get TB by the way as well.

I know of loads of old dairy farmers doing it.

How can you plan to sell at £1500 then only get £800 and think that's ok ?

 

[Rossymons]

How can you plan to sell at £1500 then only get £800 and think that's ok ?

I was coming at it from the view of buying calves and rearing on to I/C and selling them before they calve at avg £1000. If he came down under TB then he could still shift them as I/C heifers but not at the £1000. TB is the risk of owning cattle.

 

[Kildare]

There are investors who own cows but lease them to start up dairy farmers. Few around here.

 

[More to life]

I was coming at it from the view of buying calves and rearing on to I/C and selling them before they calve at avg £1000. If he came down under TB then he could still shift them as I/C heifers but not at the £1000. TB is the risk of owning cattle.

I guess it depends on where you live I see tb as more certainty than risk