A healthy calf today lays the groundwork for a productive cow tomorrow, supporting better performance, longevity and lifetime ...

Beef-on-dairy calves are driving dairy profitability, but outdated management practices are costing producers thousands in ...

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 ...

UF/IFAS animal welfare scientist Emily Miller-Cushon advances dairy calf welfare research by integrating data science and animal behavior, producing evidence-based strategies that improve calf health, ...

As dairy's role in the beef business continues to grow, beef-on-dairy cattle now account for nearly 26% of cattle entering ...

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 ...

Many modern dairy farm operations have developed an additional revenue stream by breeding dairy cows with Black Angus beef bulls using artificial insemination to produce crossbred calves, which ...