Young cow

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Adorable

[Finnish Swede]

Too young, we cannot still classify this cow. Cannot post a photo of her as an adult?

We'll need to wait for some time.

But I hope it'll look as happy as this one

[gixajo]

We'll need to wait for some time.

But I hope it'll look as happy as this one
[G]

Is it a milk cow or is this breed for meat production?

[Finnish Swede]

Is it a milk cow or is this breed for meat production?

It is milk cow. Small size cow, less breeded than todays super production milk cows (Netherlands. UK etc.). It is opposite also more healthier and normally lives longer. It does not need antibiotic etc. Negative side just is that it produces less milk annually (= bad for business). Postive again opposite that milk is basically natural A2 milk and not A1 milk (names comes from type of beta casein the milk contains). A1 beta casein is not normal/natural for mammals (humans ''created'' that as they heavily breeded cows) and some says it can have down sides. As I also said our farm is organic. Fully. Also milk we produces. We could not keep it running if it we would just produce ''standard milk''. With organic milk you have to find customers who are willing to pay for that product and labels. That local cheese producer is good example. There are lots of rules to become organic farm. I will not go on those. Only to say here that we are checked (control visit) .... often. Much more often than huge normal farms. And we do take those visit as positive issue (like working together). We have nothing to hide, we want best to our animals and like my mother has said few times ... if that will become impossible ... we will end this.

[Abdelnour]

Thought this would be a thread about Morti...nevermind.

[gixajo]

It is milk cow. Small size cow, less breeded than todays super production milk cows (Netherlands. UK etc.). It is opposite also more healthier and normally lives longer. It does not need antibiotic etc. Negative side just is that it produces less milk annually (= bad for business). Postive again opposite that milk is basically natural A2 milk and not A1 milk (names comes from type of beta casein the milk contains). A1 beta casein is not normal/natural for mammals (humans ''created'' that as they heavily breeded cows) and some says it can have down sides. As I also said our farm is organic. Fully. Also milk we produces. We could not keep it running if it we would just produce ''standard milk''. With organic milk you have to find customers who are willing to pay for that product and labels. That local cheese producer is good example. There are lots of rules to become organic farm. I will not go on those. Only to say here that we are checked (control visit) .... often. Much more often than huge normal farms. And we do take those visit as positive issue (like working together). We have nothing to hide, we want best to our animals and like my mother has said few times ... if that will become impossible ... we will end this.

Do you make also cheese or some different milk-based products?

[Finnish Swede]

Do you make also cheese or some different milk-based products?

Nope, but honestly that has been one of my dreams (or vision to my generation to still keep farm alive) ... if I continue this farm after my parents. I want to believe that locally produced, fresh, clean, healthy (no chemicals) food could have customers in the future. Does that sounds stupid?

So for that I would need to make investement (to get mini scale dairy to farm). Money is not the biggest problem, farm does not have bank loans and we have forests etc. (I could sell trees). But of course these kinds of matters will need to be consider well, hard, objective, clinical (and from all sides). And same time try to keep your own emotions behind. Not easy.

I have gotten good picture of farm this summer (as I have run it, no official summer work). Next I'll move back to Sweden (for now on). I want to learn my official profession well (the firm which tutored my thesis ... was willing to hire me ).
If I'll come back to Finland to run our farm (at the time as my parents will want step aside), I will also create a small business here. Bases on my studies and my working experience in Sweden.