Advice for dairy farmers: Beware of long term shortage of high-EBI heifers

There are early indications in this year’s dairy breeding of a swing to more beef breeds, and in some cases, more stock bulls.

Based on the price of beef calves, and the price of milk this year, this reaction from dairy farmers is understandable.

However, this could be a case of short term gain for long term pain, because there could be a shortage of high-EBI dairy heifers coming down the line.