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1 In the UK, the average working lifespan of a dairy cow is around four lactations (milk-producing periods), and hence many dairy cows are culled when they are relatively young.
Over burgers and a few beers, we started talking about our cowherd. My husband mentioned that we had a few 15-year-old cows that we would likely cull this year. Our companions seemed shocked that we had several cows that old in our herd and said their oldest cows were just shy of a decade. It got me thinking about the value of a cow in a cow-calf operation. How long should a cow stay in your herd? How long is too long?