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Problem solved sexed semen and beef all round.
Unless tb restricted.Problem solved sexed semen and beef all round.
Long list of requirements by APHA.Can you not build a secure calf shed and test Tb test them out of it?
Maybe Arla could do that?Maybe dairies could cooperate and build one to raise all their calves on a co-op basis?
Long list of requirements by APHA.
Makes it extremely difficult hence why they are few and far between
My long calving index is really going to come into its own soon then.
Less calvings less calves.
There are some farms that I know of that could manage extended calving intervals as they're producing that much at peak they're often drying cows off at 30l plus. But they would only be a drop in the ocean compared to the rest of producer field.
Group 13 (everything calved more than 365 days) averages 30l in the winter and mid 20s in the summer.
I ran a small veal enterprise for a small time.
People were horrified about eating 10 month old, well reared and delicious tasting met but didn't care about the age of chicken, pork or misconception about eating lamb in the spring time.
This is why we started using sexed semen 21 years ago when Cogent first made it commercially available. Laughed at by a lot but never a moment's regret.Although many do get it some still do not get the reasoning behind this whole thread. Having spent part time in London it was common to see the animal rights posters using the humanised language of mummy and baby and how the baby boys were shot at birth. As an industry we need to show that this doesn’t happen nowadays if we are to fight back at these anti dairy groups and that is the whole reasoning behind this without exception unfortunately. We also have to bear in mind that it is through our business decisions that these calves are born in the first place and to argue that they should be allowed to go to a slaughter house at birth would only give the anti dairy campaigners some more ammunition to use against us.
If we want to stop the next generation turning away from dairy to plant based drinks then sooner or later this topic has to be dealt with.
Is anyone here successfully marketing their own Jersey/Guernsey-based beef? Interested to know as I feel there may be opportunities to build the market if more people started selling direct (box schemes etc). Surely you could make some great joints, steaks and burgers out of one of those things?