Cattle welfare experts rate the welfare of dairy cattle lower than that of beef cattle that are raised solely for meat, according to a new study. The researchers asked 70 experts from around the world ...

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 ...

Dairy cows line up to eat in the barn. (USDA photo) Revenue from breeding beef calves softened the blow of drop in milk prices during 2025. By hanging on to cows for breeding, farms may have fed an ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...

One of the largest randomised research trials has shown the quality of dairy beef means it could access high quality markets both domestically and globally. But one of the key researchers involved in ...

Contrary to what one might think, dairy cows and other dairy cattle are likely to experience worse welfare than their counterparts in beef herds, raised solely for meat. The results stem from a new ...

Justin Waggoner, beef cattle specialist, Kansas State University, gave an overview of what beef on dairy means during the June 9 Beef Empire Days Beef on Dairy Symposium. The event focused on how ...

Reading Time: 4 minutes Like New Zealand producers, Ireland’s meat industry is looking to the dairy industry to address ...

Alps2Ocean Foods founder Daniel Carson said they contracted 10- to 18-month-old dairy calves from birth and paid farmers $1100 for the 10-month-old, 275kg liveweight cattle. It resulted in 1000 units ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- Dairy and beef producers have always seen things from different sides of the fence. Give a dairy producer a heifer calf, and he feels like he just won the lottery. A beef ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hank Cardello covers issues impacting food companies and consumers. Cows and the industries that depend on them are on very rough ...

The introduction of new technologies, such as sexed semen, along with the Dairy Beef index (DBI), has opened up a new world of opportunities for beef farmers. Once considered a 'first-world' problem ...