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Bateman’s Mosida Farms in Utah is named the 2024 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year by the IDFA because of their ability to innovate and diversify to better care for their cattle and land.

Farming has run deep in the Moes family roots for the past 130 years. Today, the fourth and fifth generations continue to keep their ancestors’ dreams of farming alive.

Travel to Carpenter, Wy., and you’ll see two-thirds of the state’s 9,000 dairy cows, who are milked at Burnett Dairy. You’ll also get to see an upcoming second-generation dairy farmer, Reese Burnett.

Consumers are asking more than “Where’s the beef,” the slogan for the fast-food chain, Wendy’s, that debuted in the 1980s. Consumers now want to know where a piece of beef came from and the story behind it.

Transplants could create unique, year-round beef marketing opportunity for dairy herds

Little research exists as to which beef bulls work best.

Breeding a subset of the dairy herd to beef sires is a growing trend in the U.S. dairy business.

Simply producing a black calf if not enough if the dairy industry wants to make permanent inroads into successful crossbreeding.

When raising dairy beef or selecting beef bulls for reproduction on dairy cows know the market, provide excellent calf care and identification, and conduct a genetic audit of the herd. 

One of the first lessons Penn State's Tara Felix tries to teach newbie dairy beef feeders is that cattle raised for beef need grain, not forage.