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The DAT People's Choice Question of the Week: Beef Calves?
An A.I. company is offering dairymen a program in which embryos from commercial black Angus-based dams and elite Angus sires are implanted in dairy cows to generate high performance full beef calves. Buyers then purchase these calves.


Would this program to produce full beef calves work on your dairy to help increase profits?
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OLDSTER
May, 4 2021
IDK, but we should assume that the ultimate purpose of this idea is not so much to make better beef, but to eliminate disposing of jersey bull calves. My concern is to make sure that the jersey heifer/cow can calve without permanent injury. There have been, and still are areas of the country that have some exclusive markets for unique crosses. Those can dry up faster than a hemp contract.
jjh
May, 3 2021
why milk them if you have to do that
Tony Whitehead
May, 3 2021
Every flush vet has a tank full of embryos some hobby farmers haven't paid for. Use them.
Commercial Dairyman
May, 3 2021
For years I have bred the bottom half of my Holstein herd to cheap A.I. Angus bulls and sell the black calves off the farm for $200 - $250 at 3 days old. The calves are healthy and started off well, I have a list of waiting buyers, no hauling, commission or waiting to get paid.
John
May, 3 2021
Here in Texas, 50/50, JERSEY x Limo are $125 at 1 day old.
OLDSTER
May, 3 2021
Are these embryos sexed? Who puts them in? PRICE? There are too many ?'s not addressed here.
ERH
May, 3 2021
Last week at our local auction a couple day old beef cross calf was 3.70-4.00 lb. That is from a $10+- unit of semen. Will the return be better on a full blooded beef calf?