Dairy x Beef Use in NY Survey
Alycia Drwencke, Dairy Management Specialist
Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Program
Dairy x Beef Use in NY Survey
Are you an educator who works with dairy farms in NYS? The usage of beef on dairy has steadily grown over the last few years and we are working towards understanding the trends and markets of this strategy in NYS. Have they used beef sires as a part of their breeding strategy? Even if a herd has not used beef sires in their dairy herd, they are encouraged to take the survey to fully quantify the usage of beef sires in NYS. If they have not used beef sires, the survey should only take a minute to complete.
We ask you to help spread word on this survey, put together by Cornell Cooperative Extension Regional Dairy Specialists. This survey can be accessed using the QR code below, or at the following link: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4HHU14xa0XN4xg1 and will take approximately 15 minutes to take. The survey can also be started and accessed later for completion.
This survey's responses will help to:
- Compile data on usage of, and considerations for, beef on dairy in NYS
- Provide information on the current dairy x beef market to producers and the industry
- Assemble common practices for marketing dairy x beef calves in NYS
- Provide benchmarks for growth rates of dairy x beef calves
- Gather financial parameters from sales of dairy x beef calves
- Serve as a platform to collect the information producers need in regards to beef on dairy matings and marketing/raising dairy x beef calves
For educators who would like to capture data from several farms, you can download the Qualtrics app for cell phone or tablet. The app will allow you to enter data more than once in order to capture multiple farms' data. Follow the link for the iPhone App Store or Android Google Play.
The survey will be open for several months, starting mid-October. For questions, please contact Margaret Quaassdorff (maq27@cornell.edu) or Betsy Hicks (bjh246@cornell.edu), Regional Dairy Specialists with Cornell Cooperative Extension.
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