Dairies use IVF to tap strong beef market
- ZISK
- Aug 19
- 1 min read
Recent improvements in bovine reproductive technology have given dairy farmers greater access to a lucrative market segment. Within the past few years, more dairies have begun transferring beef cattle embryos to dairy-cow surrogates, cashing in amid soaring demand for the calves.
“It’s becoming a much bigger piece of the puzzle,” Tulare County dairy farmer Blake Wilbur said. “It’s becoming a much bigger piece of the puzzle,” Tulare County dairy farmer Blake Wilbur said.
With milk prices fluctuating in recent years, dairy farmers have looked to the beef market as a “risk management opportunity,” said Daniel Munch, an economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation. “They’re also becoming beef producers.”
By Caleb Hampton
Aug 13, 2025
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