Transporting newborn calves long distances has welfare challenges. On some dairies, beef on dairy calves are reared for ...

Female calves replace their mothers when the mothers are culled due to old age, health problems, or other reasons. Unfortunately, many farmers lose these valuable assets before they can benefit from ...

Innovative practices — from diet additives to regenerative grazing — can offer quick wins in the fight against global rising temperatures.

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 ...

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 ...

At most, traditional dairy farms calves are separated from their mothers within 24 hours of their birth. It allows farmers to collect the milk that the calves would naturally drink and sell it to be ...

Young dairy calves have traditionally been housed in single-calf hutches. This was believed to be healthier for them than having contact with other baby calves, but recent research and behavioral ...

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 ...

This article first appeared in the Farm News Barns tab published on Nov. 28, 2025. CLARION — While the dairy cattle are gone, ...

Saskatchewan producer finds value in beef-on-dairy system that combines Wagyu genetics with holstein, creating luxury beef ...

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday.