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 ...

Efficiency is driving the move into intensive dairying with up to 10 per cent of the nation’s herd now housed in an ...

feeding first on mother’s milk and then pasture. Only later do they enter a feedlot—which is still outdoors—for a final six months of fattening (“finishing”) on high energy feeds. Dairy cows in the ...