• @Forester@yiffit.netOP
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    -45 months ago

    They only need to be pregnant once. The calf milk is different than normal milk and can not be sold. The stuff we drink is what happens after a calf is born but you never stop milking so the cow stays productive. I think you need to revisit mamal biology. Once the process of Milk production is started milk will be produced in most mammals till the long term cessation of mamary tisssue stimulation.

    • @Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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      55 months ago

      Im sorry, but what kind of mammal biology are you talking about that says that two different types of milk come from the same animal?

      Also, milk production usually does go down somewhat over time and sometimes even does cease, and it’s different for every individual, which makes it less predictable and less profitable to just impregnate a cow once. This is why dairy farmers almost always try to impregnate their cows yearly. Here’s one source, there’s plenty more coming up if you look it up on a search engine though https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/farm/dairy/farming

    • @Beaver@lemmy.ca
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      45 months ago

      Nope that’s not how it works at all. They keep reimpregnanting the mother and then they take the calf away for slaughter while the mother cries for her child for months on end.

    • flamingos-cant
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      05 months ago

      And? My point still stands, a cow that hasn’t been impregnated will not produce milk. Is only doing it once supposed to make it better?