Turn Every Breeding Decision into a Profit Opportunity
Beef x dairy strategies are a powerful way to add value to your surplus calves and improve overall farm profitability. By taking a strategic approach to breeding beef sires to your dairy females, you create crossbred calves that are more marketable to buyers and feedlots. These calves typically command higher prices than pure dairy bull calves. This approach also allows better use of reproductive tools like sexed semen, helping you target and accelerate genetic progress in your herd.
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FeedWise™ ONYX™: The Industry's First Full-Circle Beef x Dairy Program
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The Beef x Dairy Advantage
Choosing to implement a beef x dairy strategy helps boost your profit potential and improve your bottom line.
Benefits:
Higher Calf Value & Market Demand
Beef x dairy calves sell for significantly more than dairy bull calves, giving producers higher, more predictable returns on each calf.
Optimized Breeding for Efficiency
Strategic beef sire selection ensures you create fast-growing, uniform calves that appeal to buyers and feedlots.
Balanced Dairy Herd Management
Beef semen is often used on lower-genetic-merit cows, allowing dairy producers to prioritize their top cows for heifer replacements while still maximizing revenue from the rest of the herd.
Optimize Your Beef x Dairy Strategy with a Custom Genetic Plan
Beef x dairy strategies create an irreplaceable opportunity for farmers to put dollars back into their operation, but only if the right sires are selected and balanced appropriately with your dairy replacement goals. Take the guesswork out of managing heifer inventories and selecting the right sires by working with one of our trusted Alta advisors to create a custom genetic plan that meets your farm’s goals.
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