Facing economic challenges, dairy farmers are increasingly crossbreeding some of their Holstein cows with beef breed bulls to add value to surplus calves born in their herds. In an analysis of almost ...

Most calves stand at birth or shortly after, like the healthy calf in this photo. The condition now known as calf recumbency results in animals too weak to stand at birth or shortly after, and most ...

Willy Bokma and his family have a large dairy south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The cows are Holsteins, Jerseys and crossbreds. The crossbred and composite cows (part Holstein, part Jersey) are bred for ...

Crossbreeding can improve muscling and carcass merit, but questions remain about the best feeding strategies for ...

Lynn and I both grew up on ranches near Salmon, Idaho, and when we got married in March 1966, we wanted to raise beef cattle.