Beef on dairy
Successful Beef-on-Dairy: Powered by Angus
Angus or Angus based composite sires are now a major force in the beef-on-dairy revolution that has swept through the dairy industry around the world. Here we talk with specialists...
Belgian Blue: A Major Player in the Beef-On-Dairy Market
With its explosive early muscle development, the Belgian Blue has become the most popular beef breed for use over dairy cows in Europe. Here we look at the development of...
Synetics: Inra95 & Angus Most Popular
‘Beef-on-Dairy (BoD) is a significant aspect of dairy farming, virtually world-wide. Especially in Germany, we see varying expectations from customers; at minimum, they want easy births, and a high price...
Dunmasc: Finding That Sweet Spot Between Good Carcass Weight and Easy Calving
‘Over the last couple of years sexed dairy semen has continued to gain traction here in Ireland, with the top end of herds bred to top dairy bulls and the...
Belgian Blue Group (BBG) is active in more than 50 countries
‘Every market is different, and our primary goal is to deliver the best bull for every market,’ explains Simon Noppen of BBG. The BBG is active in more than 50...
Synetics: Extra Focus on Sire Fertility and Calving Ease
For decades, Synetics and its partners have placed a lot of emphasis on the Beef-on-Dairy strategy. So that today no less than eight breeds – all tested based on field...
World Wide Sires: ProfitSource Branded Terminal Sires for the Beef-On-Dairy Market
Data, traceability, quality assurance and sustainability are all very important elements that have been built into every stage of the supply chain. ‘We now have over 35,000 carcass records from...
Genes Diffusion: Long History of Selecting and Proving Bulls for Beef-On-Dairy
Genes Diffusion has nearly 50 years of tradition behind it’s beef-on-dairy program. Their product line for beef sires selected specifically for use over dairy cows is know as Safe. Bulls...
Substantial and Useful Beef-on-Dairy Experience at KI Samen
At the Dutch AI company KI Samen, they are clear about the future prospects for beef-on-dairy: ‘The average age of milking cows needs to increase, and therefore herd turnover rates...
NCBC: Testing Beef-on-Dairy for Ten Years Already
For ten years already, the National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC) has operated the largest beef-on-dairy program in Ireland, for Munster Bovine, Progressive Genetics and Ireland Genetics. ‘The Irish dairy herd...
Enormous growth for BBG
HI has already reported various times about the Belgian Blue Group (BBG) and that is not surprising: the organization has a large offering of >200 sires and is active in...
Early Beef-on-Dairy Start in the US
‘Beef-on-Dairy started a long time ago here. As soon as sexed semen was introduced, progressive dairy farmers started with beef-on-dairy. Four years ago that accelerated when calf growers started paying...