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donkey5
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Not currently milking. Have heifers due in the autumn. Given the state of the industry what would you do? Sell them or milk them?
29/7/2009, 8:24   
 
redrobin
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Re: not milking


No contest, sell them ' let some other sucker milk em emoticon
29/7/2009, 12:57   
 
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Not currently milking. Have heifers due in the autumn. Given the state of the industry what would you do? Sell them or milk them?



Without knowing a huge amount more about you and your business it's impossible to give much advice, but


If someone came to you and said they'd given up milking and were considering starting again, would you encourage them to milk cows or question they're sanity???

29/7/2009, 16:53   
 
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I agree with BB. There are a lot of questions surrounding your business. One major question is about the fresh heifer market in your area. If it's hot and the prices are up, then I think it's in your best interest to sell them, but there are a lot of other variables that you need to consider as well.

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