Beef on dairy
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
STg: Elite Testing Program for Optimal Use of Beef-on-Dairy
The name says it all: ST stands for Sexing Technologies. This organization is one of the important pioneers in the area of sexing semen. Thanks to this technology, dairy farmers...
Synetics: One of the biggest, and certainly one of the most diverse BOD lineups
With over eight million doses of semen sold, of which three million went to the international market, the German-French breeding program of Synetics counts as one of the biggest players...
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...
Cogent: A Beef-on-Dairy Strategy Already Since 2009!
Beef-on-dairy is absolutely not a new phenomenon at the British AI company Cogent. ‘We launched our beef-on-dairy program in 2009 in order to ensure that we could make the right...
Dúnmasc: All Beef Breeds have Something to Offer Beef-on-Dairy
Ireland has an index (DBI) that is especially developed for beef-on-dairy. ‘It’s a truly valuable instrument for both distributors and farmers to distinguish the best sires for beef-on-dairy,’ explains Stephen...