Dairy farms now rely on six-figure, beef-on-dairy profits as low milk prices hit. This vital shift demands diversified ...

A growing number of dairies are breeding some of their cows—the ones they don’t plan to raise replacement heifers from--to beef bulls, using semen from Angus or Charolais. The beef-dairy cross calves ...

Over the past five years or so, the practice of breeding beef cows from dairy cows to possibly yield more income for dairy farmers has swept the dairy industry. It involves using sexed semen and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Raising beef on dairy-crossed cattle is starting to have a significant impact on the beef market. For the past five to six years, beef on dairy cattle have become more common in ...

Dairy producers are experiencing low milk prices coupled with low heifer prices. This has brought a shift in focus to rightsizing replacement heifer inventories and finding new ways to generate income ...