Posted by philip d on March 23, 2019 at 16:02:48 from (96.44.72.74):
A few of you Canadian dairy or former dairy guys likely know what I’m talking about. I finished reading through this months thin edition yesterday and near the last page was a goodbye page. After 81 years of publication it’s finished up. I’ve almost waited by the mailbox for that magazine for the last 27 years. For the last 10 years it’s been getting thinner and thinner. Genomics pretty much put almost all the purebred breeders out of the market. Very few people show cattle anymore many don’t bother to classify either and many don’t milk record. They can’t afford to publish anymore because most of the few left advertising mostly use Facebook and instagram. Don’t get me wrong ,genomics was a positive game changer in dairy. Using DNA they’ve for over 10 years now been accurately predicting an animals genetic potential from 30 tail hair samples and that fast forwarded the genetic advancement and production potential of most dairy breeds and most likely is also a strong contributor to the worlds overproduction of milk and driving down price. I really miss the days of going to sales hoping to get a calf by the current hot bull out of a nice cow that just sold for a high price. I miss going to the shows,at times taking a few nice cows ,I miss working with my Dad and my son whose now out west. I guess the last couple of years I’ve been just going through the motions keeping the barn going ,I’m the only one in our family interested in milking cows I’m beat and tired from doing it myself. I week from now we’ll be finished milking and to be quite honest I’m more relieved than sad. My dad had a heart valve replacement when I was 16. Ever since then I took on a lot more than most kids my age given it was 1990 and I never really slowed down or learned to relax or try to enjoy life. Farming became my life and I put everything and everyone else after that. I really loved dairy farming but I also really love my family and I’m looking forward to having actual quality time to enjoy with them. Just a long rant/speach whatever but it’s just how I’m looking at life.
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