Netherlands: The relationship between conformation and lifetime milk production

One study found that cows with higher conformation scores reached the goal of 200,000 pounds of milk faster than those with low scores. Veepro Holland, the Information Center for Cattle and Small Ruminant Breeding in the Netherlands, explained that the relationship between conformation and lifetime milk production emerged from an analysis by the dairy cooperative CRV over the period 2010 to 2019. Heifers before first calving that scored 80 conformation points needed 3,185 days to produce 100,000 kg of milk, while cows that scored 85 points at their first calving took 135 fewer days (3,050 days). A difference of 332 days has even been found between cows that received 76 and 87 points. This would mean a full lactation. (Read: This should be the body condition of the cows at the time of service according to the type of production) 30 days before for each point A heifer that received a score of 80 points achieved a mean production of 10,000 kg of fat and protein in 4023 days. For its ...