With U.S. dairy cow numbers now at their highest level in 30 years, but replacement heifer inventories at a 20-year low, Geiger says producers may soon face tighter supplies of young cows despite ...

$1,500 or more for beef-on-dairy calves is reason to keep extra cows and breed them with beef semen, which limits dairy ...

According to USDA’s recent Cattle report, as of January 1, the national milk herd contained 3.905 million heifers, 11,000 fewer than last year. The number of heifers ready to calve and enter the milk ...

With implementation underway, researchers expect the addition of the 140-day weight to enhance the precision of beef-on-dairy ...

Many breeds and crosses work well for grass-fed/grass-finished beef, as long as you select and breed for the desired traits. A growing number of farmers and ranchers are switching to efficient ...

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 ...

Nebraska Extension Educator Aaron Berger says cow-calf producers have EPDs and index tools to make genetic selection decisions related to traits that impact productivity and longevity. Identifying and ...

K-State beef cattle experts offer advice on ways to manage heifers and cows Bulls are often the focus when cattle producers are thinking about the breeding season, but experts at Kansas State ...

A recent article on the Logan County Fair Beef Show omitted mention of the breeding beef champion and reserve champion. This year’s Grand Champion Breeding Beef animal was shown by Jax Grove and ...

DANE COUNTY (WKOW) -- A 152-year-old farm in Dane county is just one of three in Wisconsin to breed a specific type of cattle. The owner of Generations Beef said they began breeding the beef cattle in ...

several black beef cattle in a pasture - Kellymarken/Getty Images If you've ever had Wagyu beef, then you already understand why the breed of cattle matters. Wagyu and true Japanese Kobe are highly ...