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 ...

As beef-on-dairy becomes more of the standard, disconnects between dairies and feedlots continue to challenge collaboration ...

Hy Plains Feedyard has worked with experts to improve beef-on-dairy calves' carcass quality through genetic selection.

The U.S. dairy industry stands at a pivotal juncture, ripe with potential yet confronting undeniable challenges.

Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply of both beef and dairy cattle. Some 72% of dairy farms are now ...

A restaurant owner in New Mexico considers taking beef off the menu after implementing three price increases over the past year, while another in Chicago raises prices for the fourth time, both hoping ...

BALTIC, S.D. — South Dakota State University Extension and South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Feeders Council partnered together to showcase beef and dairy crossbred cattle through feedlot tours ...

Transporting newborn calves long distances has welfare challenges. On some dairies, beef on dairy calves are reared for several months on the dairy before they are sold to feedlots. Another ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — While milk production remains the bread and butter at Bokma Dairy, selling beef-on-dairy crossbred calves for the feeder cattle market provides an important additional revenue ...

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 ...

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 ...

Justin Waggoner, beef cattle specialist, Kansas State University, gave an overview of what beef on dairy means during the June 9 Beef Empire Days Beef on Dairy Symposium. The event focused on how ...