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<blockquote data-quote="M-J-G" data-source="post: 7825775" data-attributes="member: 1819"><p>Diet but also stage of lactation, volume of milk produced etc.</p><p>Volume of milk isn't really important unless you're seling milk. </p><p>The weight of calf tells you which cows are best producers, if that's milk quality or milk volume, does it really matter?</p><p>I'd guess it's a combination of both along with persistency in lactation that rears the best calf.</p><p></p><p>I have a friend who runs a few retired dairy cows (holsteins) along with sucklers, they have loads of milk at the start which I believe partially dries them off when not kept cleared out, their calves also need creep because the cows are dry at about 5 months just as grass is slowing up. </p><p>No real shock as a holstein has a fairly extreme lactation curve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M-J-G, post: 7825775, member: 1819"] Diet but also stage of lactation, volume of milk produced etc. Volume of milk isn't really important unless you're seling milk. The weight of calf tells you which cows are best producers, if that's milk quality or milk volume, does it really matter? I'd guess it's a combination of both along with persistency in lactation that rears the best calf. I have a friend who runs a few retired dairy cows (holsteins) along with sucklers, they have loads of milk at the start which I believe partially dries them off when not kept cleared out, their calves also need creep because the cows are dry at about 5 months just as grass is slowing up. No real shock as a holstein has a fairly extreme lactation curve. [/QUOTE]
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