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FeedyardAn aligned beef system
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"Cattle feeders look for efficiency and a high-yielding, quality carcass, available all year round...BeefBuilders™ do it all."
- Jerry Wulf
- Jerry Wulf
Using Proven Beef Sires for the Dairy Herd
As dairy producers, we are constantly evaluating ways to add value to our business. A comprehensive Beef on Dairy breeding program is a great strategic avenue for genetic improvement and market diversification for dairy bull calves. Many of us in the dairy industry are using a strategic sexed-semen strategy, ultimately making only the right amount of replacement females. To truly capitalize on this strategy, maximizing the value of every pregnancy must be the goal, whether that pregnancy is for replacements or beef.
At Wulf Cattle, in conjunction with our Riverview dairies, we transform the ordinary dairy bull calf into a completely different animal, the BeefBuilder™. This dairy/beef crossbred calf is the result of hand-picked Limousin or Lim-flex sires and rigorous testing to meet proven standards prior to reaching the dairy. We use data-focused decision making to select only the right sires for our dairy cows. The Limousin sires yield the right calf for feedyard performance.
Breeding to Feeding™ is an exciting program developed to connect the supply and demand of BeefBuilder™ calves. For 10 years, we have been focusing on proving our beef sires, by testing in the Riverview dairy system with Jerseys, Holsteins, and cross-bred dairy cows for conception and calving ease. Wulf Cattle and Riverview, LLP have joined together for a full alignment between the beef and dairy segments, which allows us to have a complete system approach.
Why Use Breeding to Feeding™ Genetics for your dairy herd?
For more information on how to add value to your dairy operation through Breeding to Feeding™, please contact Wulf Cattle.
Important Links
"Breeding to Feeding Program Strives for Feeder Calf Efficiency" (Progressive Cattleman)
"The Dairy Connection" from Drovers/CattleNetwork
As dairy producers, we are constantly evaluating ways to add value to our business. A comprehensive Beef on Dairy breeding program is a great strategic avenue for genetic improvement and market diversification for dairy bull calves. Many of us in the dairy industry are using a strategic sexed-semen strategy, ultimately making only the right amount of replacement females. To truly capitalize on this strategy, maximizing the value of every pregnancy must be the goal, whether that pregnancy is for replacements or beef.
At Wulf Cattle, in conjunction with our Riverview dairies, we transform the ordinary dairy bull calf into a completely different animal, the BeefBuilder™. This dairy/beef crossbred calf is the result of hand-picked Limousin or Lim-flex sires and rigorous testing to meet proven standards prior to reaching the dairy. We use data-focused decision making to select only the right sires for our dairy cows. The Limousin sires yield the right calf for feedyard performance.
Breeding to Feeding™ is an exciting program developed to connect the supply and demand of BeefBuilder™ calves. For 10 years, we have been focusing on proving our beef sires, by testing in the Riverview dairy system with Jerseys, Holsteins, and cross-bred dairy cows for conception and calving ease. Wulf Cattle and Riverview, LLP have joined together for a full alignment between the beef and dairy segments, which allows us to have a complete system approach.
Why Use Breeding to Feeding™ Genetics for your dairy herd?
- For the dairy;
- Consistent relationship with a cattle feeding partner
- Conception-tested sires in our dairies for the most accurate results
- Calving-ease-tested sires in our dairies, both for Holsteins and Jerseys
- Consistent, marketable, value-added BeefBuilder™ calves
- For the cattle feeder;
- Consistent, predictable feeding performance
- Improved USDA quality grade and red meat yield as compared to a straight dairy steer
- 365-day feeder calf availability from dairy farms
- Overall improved feeding efficiency as compared to a straight dairy steer
For more information on how to add value to your dairy operation through Breeding to Feeding™, please contact Wulf Cattle.
Important Links
"Breeding to Feeding Program Strives for Feeder Calf Efficiency" (Progressive Cattleman)
"The Dairy Connection" from Drovers/CattleNetwork
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