Keep the finisher in mind: DAIRY FARMERS WISHING TO PHASE OUT BOBBY CALVES WILL NEED TO RAISE ANIMALS THAT WILL COMPETE WITH OTHER LAND USES.

Farmers may need to collaborate effectively in order to drive more value from each calf born on dairy farms, Focus Genetics' Rebecca Hickson says. As part of Pamu's dairy-beef breeding programme, Focus Genetics is going to start measuring more traits from artificially reared dairy beef calves which require different characteristics to beef calves reared on their mothers. At some farms they had the heifer replacement calves, then pens of dairy crossbred bull calves and a smattering of beef calves. [Extracted from the article]