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Man doesn't consume beef cattle milk, true or false?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1729399" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Most of the dairies that I test are also conscious of cow life span..... on the bigger herds yes their life expectancy is shorter than on the smaller farms. Most bigger farms are also confinement type operations and concrete is hard on cattle. My smaller farms overall seem to have more cattle with more lactations.... and when you get into the registered herds they put a big value on longevity. But 3 lactations is more average which would make the cows in the 5 year old range. </p><p></p><p>Joke used to be here that farms would keep a few holsteins around to milk last so it would rinse out the milk lines. I have a couple of farms that the holsteins average 4-4.5 butterfat... with milk production average in the 70 lb range. There has been a shift back to having better butterfat from holsteins especially.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1729399, member: 25884"] Most of the dairies that I test are also conscious of cow life span..... on the bigger herds yes their life expectancy is shorter than on the smaller farms. Most bigger farms are also confinement type operations and concrete is hard on cattle. My smaller farms overall seem to have more cattle with more lactations.... and when you get into the registered herds they put a big value on longevity. But 3 lactations is more average which would make the cows in the 5 year old range. Joke used to be here that farms would keep a few holsteins around to milk last so it would rinse out the milk lines. I have a couple of farms that the holsteins average 4-4.5 butterfat... with milk production average in the 70 lb range. There has been a shift back to having better butterfat from holsteins especially. [/QUOTE]
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