Beef-on-Dairy International

April 2023

Semex

Semex: ‘A Win-Win Situation for All of our Customers.’

Very recently (HI 03/2023), an HI article appeared about the beef-on-dairy program at Semex. At the same time, on the cover of this Beef-on-Dairy International section you see a popular...

April 2023

JORDEN STEGINK

BVN: Calving Ease an Important Trump Card for Fleckvieh Dual Purpose Sires

BVN, Germany’s largest Fleckvieh breeding program will host an open house on May 1. At the new sire facility in Neustadt a.d.Aisch, thousands of visitors will be presented with about...

April 2023

Ireland

Dúnmasc: All Beef Breeds have Something to Offer Beef-on-Dairy

Ireland has an index (DBI) that is especially developed for beef-on-dairy. ‘It’s a truly valuable instrument for both distributors and farmers to distinguish the best sires for beef-on-dairy,’ explains Stephen...

April 2023

Beef on dairy

Substantial and Useful Beef-on-Dairy Experience at KI Samen

At the Dutch AI company KI Samen, they are clear about the future prospects for beef-on-dairy: ‘The average age of milking cows needs to increase, and therefore herd turnover rates...

April 2023

Beef on dairy

Early Beef-on-Dairy Start in the US

‘Beef-on-Dairy started a long time ago here. As soon as sexed semen was introduced, progressive dairy farmers started with beef-on-dairy. Four years ago that accelerated when calf growers started paying...

April 2023

JAN BIERMA

Interesting: Piedmontese!

Well known: Angus and Belgian-Blue are among the big names in the beef-on-dairy business. But those looking for an interesting and proven alternative will find a good candidate in the...

April 2023

WWS

WWS: Hayter Tells Us About “the Holstein of the Beef Industry”

Talk about an experienced giant in the beef-on-dairy market: in 2022, WWS (the international arm of Select Sires and Accelerated Genetics) sold more than 3.8 million doses of beef semen:...