From beef-on-dairy calves fetching record prices to $11 billion in new processing plants, U.S. dairy is riding a wave of ...
The niche practice of crossing dairy cows with beef bulls is gaining momentum as an integral component of the global beef ...
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 ...
The general conception of cows is that they are implacably stoic, but recent research has shown that cows can have a streak of pessimism as well.
Analysis of almost 1,500 liver samples from beef and dairy cattle reveals persistent trace mineral deficiencies affecting ...
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 ...
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 ...
Most dairy calves are housed individually in the first weeks and sometimes months of their lives, a practice that has come under scrutiny for its effects on animal behavior, welfare, and health.
Mr. Louters, 52, has used the collars since they debuted in 2013, back when the devices were no more advanced than a ...
The State of Illinois is now officially considered to be “unaffected” by the H5N1 strain of bird flu in dairy cattle, the ...
The morning of Sept. 25, federal agents and immigration authorities swept into Manitowoc to arrest people alleged to be in ...