Posted by formerly ny bill on February 19, 2022 at 18:44:39 from (104.228.99.247):
In Reply to: Animal Exports posted by Hoofer B on February 19, 2022 at 05:28:38:
in the late 1990s, I sent a number of short bred heifers abroad, usually to Russia or Turkey. They needed to be registered, bred to an AI bull, and meet modest production standards. Daughters of cows that were short milkers (milk like crazy for 6 months, and then dry themselves off) still met the requirements. So off they went. Selling those heifers made the remaining herd better, and the registration papers got me some extra $$$ when I sold the herds (twice, to expanding herds).
As to exports, last I knew the US was exporting in excess of 15% of production. That is a recent (w/in 10 years?) development. For a long time prior, we were stuck in a 4-6% export slump. So I don't believe sending those heifers out hurt things at all.
Another factor in the $100,000 cow topic was the ability of investors to shelter non-farm income in agriculture. There was a group of farms in the next county under the umbrella of Dreamstreet. Buy a 60 cow farm, populate it with flashy, expensive cows owned by NYC types, and make competition harder for the man milking his own cows. When the shelter laws changed, the scheme died, along with several of the barns.
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