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 ...

Beef-on-dairy has become a major profit center on many dairies. Calf value, feeder demand, and fat cattle prices now matter ...

New research shows even low levels of stable flies can trigger cattle bunching and measurable milk losses, making it an early ...

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 ...

Business trends in the beef industry and cattle cycle are impacting breeding choices in both the beef realm and dairy segment. Both sides could benefit from the diversification opportunities it ...

Making it to the Minnesota State Fair with your family in tow can be a feat in and of itself. Imagine bringing along your family, 15 cows and two calves to stay for the full 12 days of the Fair, plus ...

An Idaho cattle company worth $643 million has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming its predicament on a financial “squeeze” caused by lenders. Millenkamp Cattle of Jerome, Idaho, wants ...

By transforming the dairy barn into a high-precision factory floor, beef-on-dairy provides the consistent, year-round supply ...

Brett Reinford grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania, and he remembers his farm’s cows being fed with cottonseed—35 years ago. “I remember digging tunnels through the cottonseed as a small boy,” he ...

Driven by ambition, the Schultz family of Freeman, S.D., has shaped a successful dairy, cattle and crop operation for at ...