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disadvantages of certain cow breeds?

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  • 30-12-2014 11:04pm
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    tommyspiggy
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    anyone know any disadvantages of each of the following milking cows?

    Bristish friesian
    MRI
    Montbeliarde


    thanks in advance
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    Milked out
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭Milked out


    tommyspiggy wrote: »
    anyone know any disadvantages of each of the following milking cows?

    Bristish friesian
    MRI
    Montbeliarde


    thanks in advance

    Don't give the volume of a holstien or the solids of a jersey


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    djmc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭djmc


    tommyspiggy wrote: »
    anyone know any disadvantages of each of the following milking cows?

    Bristish friesian
    MRI
    Montbeliarde


    thanks in advance

    MRI are the same as rotbunt I think had a few dangerous rotbunt bulls after keeping for seconds year.
    British Friesian bull calves will make a bit less at mart than red and whites because of color


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    Timmaay
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    With the MRIs and montys much lower selection here in Ireland, at least with a Br Fr or average high EBI HO you will get a cow who is bred to be as profitable as possible in a grass based system. That's a very open answer to a very open question I'll admit, the disadvantages really do depend on what sort of system you want them to milk in, and what your existing cow type is.


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