Already in use in the USA: a revolutionary technique solves a historic problem in Argentine dairy farms

Beef on Dairy (beef from dairy farming) is a concept that can revolutionize the Argentine dairy industry and solve one of the problems that producers have been suffering for many years, which is the fate of male calves of the Holstein breed. They must be sold a few days after being born or raised until they reach weight to enter a feedlot. In both cases, these are sales at low prices for the dairy farmer, who tries to get rid of these animals quickly as they compete for forage resources with milk production, indicates a report by Select Debernardi. According to the report, a system for raising these animals was developed in the United States that shows advantages over those used in our country, which is beginning to spread in Argentina. "It consists of inseminating part of the cows in the dairy herd with Angus bulls, in order to produce calves with better meat condition and rapid growth, with advantages for their development in feedlots. This thus produces a leap in quality," it ...