A dairy advisor says producers should carefully consider when to cull cows from the herd.
Dr. Andy Bohnhoff with ProAGtive Technologies says dairy producers might be losing money if they’re culling cows too quickly. He says, “If you’re an expansion herd, you don’t usually cull your animals just because you want to keep them all because you are expanding, but if you are a stable herd, I would argue that a lower cull rate is going to be more profitable at end of the day.”
Bohnhoff says the average culling age for most herds has been around three and a half years, but his research shows keeping good cows in the herd six or seven years could improve the farm’s bottom line.
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