TWIN FALLS, Idaho — While milk production remains the bread and butter at Bokma Dairy, selling beef-on-dairy crossbred calves for the feeder cattle market provides an important additional revenue ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Raising beef on dairy-crossed cattle is starting to have a significant impact on the beef market. For the past five to six years, beef on dairy cattle have become more common in ...

BALTIC, S.D. — South Dakota State University Extension and South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Feeders Council partnered together to showcase beef and dairy crossbred cattle through feedlot tours ...

Heterosis (hybrid vigor) has proven its value over the years in livestock breeding. Research studies have reported up to 25% improvement in pounds of calf weaned per cow when crossbred cows produce ...

An interesting account of farming in several of the major food producing countries of the world was given to members of Fermanagh Grassland Club ...