An economist says raising beef calves from dairy cows started small but has become a megatrend. Corey Geiger with CoBank tells Brownfield raising beef calves has become the second-highest revenue stream for many dairy producers. “The estimate way back in 2016 was there was probably 200- thousand of these beef-dairy cross calves, and it has really exploded quite frankly. Cattlefax estimates there are now 2.6 million beef-on-dairy cross calves that were born this year.”
Geiger says the rapid adoption of beef-on-dairy is one of a trio of changes creating a win-win-win for producers.