Best buys for both type and production

摘要

Slim dairy margins have put production costs, including the breeding budget, under close scrutiny and this has to a large extent taken a lot of the pleasure out of breeding cows especially in the commercial pedigree herd. There is still the understandable opinion on many farms that it is a lot more pleasant to milk and work with cows you like the look of, but can you get high type and production on a shoe string? The results of our latest trawl through the internet using Holstein UK's Bull Selector program suggests you can if you look beyond the handful of high priced big name bulls.