MSU research explores dairy-beef efficiencies

Research by Michigan State University is finding dairy-beef crosses are more efficient in feedlot scenarios than their Holstein counterparts.

Jerald Jaborek, beef feedlot systems extension educator, tells Brownfield the study examined the economics and carcass differences between straight-bred Holstein steers and beef-sired Holstein steers.

“We saw that the beef crossed steers required fewer days on feed, we harvested them 21 days sooner, so they had lower feed input costs and non-feed costs,” he says.

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