High beef prices helping dairy farms cope with downturn
High beef prices helping dairy farms cope with downturn
As much as President Donald Trump would like to bring down the cost of beef, historical beef prices have played a key role in keeping dairy farms afloat as milk prices have collapsed over the past year.
Dairy producers have been supplementing their income for several years by breading their less-productive cows for beef calves rather than replacement heifers. Sales of beef calves became especially important last year as the all-milk price fell from over $24 per hundredweight a year ago to under
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