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<blockquote data-quote="molbadger" data-source="post: 1452261" data-attributes="member: 19363"><p>The answer is: All of the above. Most farms raise their own replacement (female calves from their herd) for quality control purposes (control of the health and nutrition, controlling the Genetics and breeding of the Heifer, not bringing in outside pathogens to the farm, etc). Farms that lack facilities or feed will send their replacements to a custom raiser who usually receives a fee per head per day but the original herd receives their own cattle back before calving. Some farms sell their calves and buy back Springing (pregnant) heifers but I would say this group is a minority.</p><p></p><p>Some farmers sell their milk to cooperatives and some sell directly to processors. Some cooperatives resell the milk to other processors while some own their own processing plants. There are some farmers that process the milk themselves but very few do this. Farming and processing are both very capital intensive systems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="molbadger, post: 1452261, member: 19363"] The answer is: All of the above. Most farms raise their own replacement (female calves from their herd) for quality control purposes (control of the health and nutrition, controlling the Genetics and breeding of the Heifer, not bringing in outside pathogens to the farm, etc). Farms that lack facilities or feed will send their replacements to a custom raiser who usually receives a fee per head per day but the original herd receives their own cattle back before calving. Some farms sell their calves and buy back Springing (pregnant) heifers but I would say this group is a minority. Some farmers sell their milk to cooperatives and some sell directly to processors. Some cooperatives resell the milk to other processors while some own their own processing plants. There are some farmers that process the milk themselves but very few do this. Farming and processing are both very capital intensive systems. [/QUOTE]
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