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Today, alfalfa is a staple in dairy cattle rations nationwide. Record keeping on farms: The Hoard farm started keeping a herd book in 1905 and milk records back to 1920. These records support informed decisions about animals and practices. Silos and silage: The farm tried this economical method for fermenting cattle feed, rather than drying it.
Maytag Dairy Farms was established in 1941 by Frederick Louis Maytag II and his brother Robert Maytag. The business dates back to 1919, when their father, Elmer Henry Maytag, purchased a single cow to provide milk for his family. [1]
To maintain lactation, a dairy cow must be bred and produce calves. [10] Depending on market conditions, the cow may be bred with a "dairy bull" or a "beef bull." Female calves with dairy breeding may be kept as replacement cows for the dairy herd. If a replacement cow turns out to be a substandard producer of milk, she then goes to market and ...
German Black Pied Dairy: Germany: Girolando: Brazil: 11.4 3 Guernsey: Guernsey [1] 19 5 4.51 [2] 3.37 [2] One of the Channel Islands cattle. Harzer Rotvieh: Germany: Hays Converter: Canada: Hérens: Switzerland: Holstein-Friesian: Netherlands [1] 53 14 3.65 [2] 3.06 [2] Known for producing the most milk of any cattle. Illawarra Shorthorn ...
The female purebred dairy calves from these matings will go on to become replacement dairy cows. Half of the purebred calves will, of course, be male – these are mostly not needed for breeding, and are generally unsuitable for beef; they may be reared for veal. Purebred dairy calves are not needed from the rest of the herd, and a beef bull is ...
A Kerry cow and calf in Killarney National Park. Kerry cattle (Irish: Bó Chiarraí or Bollatach or Buinín) are a rare breed of dairy cattle, native to Ireland. They are believed to be one of the oldest breeds in Europe, probably derived from small black cattle brought to Ireland by Neolithic man. They were probably also the first cattle bred ...
The cloned calf was born 21 years and 5 months after Starbuck's own birth date and just under 2 years after his death (17 September 1998). The calf weighed 54.2 kg at birth and showed the same vital signs as calves produced from regular AI or ET. Starbuck II is derived from frozen fibroblast cells, recovered one month before the death of Starbuck.
A horned cow The coat may be black-and-white A polled bull. The Norwegian Red or Norsk Rødt Fe [4]: 509 is a Norwegian breed of dairy cattle.It was formed in 1961 through successive mergers of various traditional and regional breeds.