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 ...

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

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 ...

A calf’s digestive system is shaped by more than time. Diet, milk intake and early environmental exposure all influence rumen development. On a recent episode of the Kansas State University Beef ...

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

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

It all starts with a cow. These gentle, grass-chewing giants are the foundation of an entire food system built on milk. When a dairy cow becomes pregnant around one year of age, she begins a ...

LOWELL, Mich. — There are many farms in West Michigan. However, the dairy farm industry might just be one of the better-known and popular farm types in the area. Most of the milk you drink comes from ...

UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.