We switched to 100% sorted Holstein and angus a little over a year ago like you are doing. Only getting holstien heifer calves from the best animals and maximizing beef calf sales makes a lot of sense. Sounds like you guys are doing a great job with a 50% conception rate.
Your operation looks spotless, must be the "Dutch" coming out in you!!!! I can relate since I was born and raised in Holland Michigan in a Dutch family.
Hello Piet. I can tell your boy spends all some time with you in the barns. The heifers don't even pull back in the headlocks when he runs by. Would you like to share the average NM$ of the top 25% heifers and also the average of the bottom 25%?
He piet. Mooie resultaten. Ooit nagedacht om de dieren triple a te gaan paren? We doen dat hier sinds 2008. En naaat het gebruik maken van de beste stieren qua genetica. Kunnen we ook merken dat we een duurzamere veestapel krijgen. Omdat er minder uitval is door dat de koeien beter inelkaar zitten door tripple a paringen. Endaardoor makkijker oud worden
What's up with the Brown Swiss? Have you thought of doing a holstein hybrid? I've got family in Ireland that are in farming and the holstein hybrids are the direction they're going.
We have the brown Swiss more for fun than anything else. We've looked at cross breeding, but I personally like the holstein breed and the amount of high genetic bulls that are available in the breed.
Our current calving interval is 380 days, I'm happy being in that area. A few years ago we moved our voluntary waiting period back, we used to be around 370 days calving interval.
I see a few Swiss along with Red and Whites mixed in. Is that to simply add in some more components to the milk? I milked on farm with all Brown Swiss and I will not lie I would take a Holstein any day 😂
They're more for fun than anything else, adds some different colors to the herd. We breed them back to brown Swiss and red and white bulls. The brown Swiss are friendly but can also be very stubborn haha.
I've asked that question to our reps and from what I'm told the limousine holstein cross with the specific bulls we're using produce higher meat quality and perform better compared to an Angus cross.
Why Limousin & not a high marbling Angus or Wagyu? Do you see a difference between bulls conception rate when using sexed semen? What do you breed the Brown swiss to?
From what I'm told the limousine cross calves produce higher quality meat and perform better than Angus cross calves. We've looked at wagyu but don't currently have a market for those calves. Conception rate drops a little with sexed semen. The brown Swiss and red and white holsteins are bred to brown Swiss and red and white bulls. More for fun than anything else, keep some different colors in the herd.
Congratulions Piet Fantastic results reproduction Higher conception rates 👏👏 I understand you only try 2 services sexed semen in cows and Heifers? After is beef semen service?
Make sense try third service in high genetics animals You have a good % heifers in milk, that’s mean good longevity in herd Which is average lactation cows in milk?
