Replacement dairy heifer prices jump 69% as beef on dairy trend continues

A market expert says higher beef prices are creating additional challenges for dairy herd expansion. Mike North with Ever.ag says dairy producers have been using sexed semen to get beef calves from dairy cows as cattle markets have notched record highs. “Some of these two and three-day-old calves are bringing as much as a thousand […]

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