Beef on dairy

December 2019

Management

Simon Vander Woude:One Man’s Experience with Beef on Dairy

Vander Woude Dairy is based at Merced, California, and for the last seven years they have been using beef semen on part of their Holstein herd. Owner Simon Vander Woude...

November 2019

Management

Beef-on-Dairy: The Crucial Choices of Semen Quality through to Product Guarantee

Beef-on-Dairy, the use of beef sires on (part) of the dairy herd, is a global phenomenon. In North America, Beef-on-Dairy has been the most significant development during the past five...

April 2019

Management

Beef-on-Dairy: Various Beef Breeds Have Their Own Selection Programs

In HI’s February issue (pgs. 10-11) you became acquainted with the phenomenon Beef-on-Dairy: the breeding of dairy cows to beef bulls. As the result of extensive use of sexed semen...

February 2019

Management

“Beef on Dairy”: Significant Increase in the Use of Beef Bulls on Dairy Cows

In HI, we seldom or never write an article about the beef breeds. Nevertheless, there is a good reason to do that now, because the use of beef bulls on...