Breed aside, using a pedigree or purebred bull is key to producing a marketable beef calf, Laura adds. “We sometimes see dairy farms keeping one of their own crossbred bulls, a Holstein cross ...

Small breeds are an easy entry into the world of dairy cattle. In 2006, Pat Schout and his wife, Elia, began homesteading in east-central Illinois. They wanted to raise their own food, including ...

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&) has received its first commercial batch of 2,500 dairy heifers from Chile to F&N Agrivalley, ...

Stability remains strong at the top of the Holstein young sire rankings with the same four bulls that led the way in December holding their rankings.