For a cow to produce milk, she must give birth to a calf. Female calves later become dairy cows themselves, while male calves ...

A surplus of dairy heifers is encouraging some farmers to offload chopper cows and incorporate younger milkers in their herds.

Dairy calves, including surplus calves, are typically separated from their dam within hours of birth. The aim of this study was to assess the welfare impacts of raising surplus calves destined for ...

Despite their rising value, many beef-on-dairy calves still receive minimal nutrition early in life. Cantor notes they are ...

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 ...

For a cow to produce milk, she must give birth to a calf. Female calves later become dairy cows themselves, while male calves are surplus to the dairy industry's requirements. They're packed into ...