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DairyTalk 685: More Sexed Semen, Less Beef Value: When Poor Fertility Reverses the Strategy - by Helmut Demmelhuber
This podcast episode is based on a technical article examining why reproductive performance is fundamental to Beef-on-Dairy profitability. Higher-value crossbred calves can generate additional income, but only if the dairy herd continues to produce enough replacements for its own needs. The analysis highlights the economic gap between a 30% and a 20% pregnancy rate: weaker fertility increases dependence on costly sexed semen and reduces the number of cows available for beef breeding. Declining crossbred calf prices can tighten the economics even further, potentially allowing replacement costs…
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