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This article originally appeared on AgProud.com on September 18, 2024
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Introduction
Creating beef-on-dairy calves can add additional revenue to your dairy operation, but if considering transitioning from a dairy operation to beef enterprise, there are several points to consider. This includes nutrition management, evaluating handling facilities, stockmanship and more…
Authors
William Halfman
Beef Outreach Specialist – Bill’s educational programming has focused on beef cattle production and management, agronomic crops and soils production and management, small scale fresh market and bedding plant production, and specialty crop management.
Ryan Sterry
Regional Dairy Educator / Professor – Ryan Sterry is a Regional Livestock Educator and Professor with the University of Wisconsin – Madison Division of Extension covering Chippewa, Dunn, and Eau Claire Counties. His educational programming and research focuses on beef and dairy genetics and reproduction and Beef x Dairy crossbreeding.
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Raise or purchase replacement heifers?
Target Age and Weight When Breeding Beef Heifers
Digging deeper into breeding costs for the beef cow-calf operation
