Cornell Cow Convos E30 Culling Decisions for Dairy with Dr. Herman

About this episode

The episode discusses culling decisions on dairy farms and the collaboration between the beef and dairy industries.

Lindsay Ferlito, Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist with Cornell PRO-DAIRY, and Betsy Hicks, Dairy Management Specialist with the CCE SCNY Dairy and Field Crops Team, are joined by Dr. Julia Herman, the Beef Cattle Specialist Veterinarian with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). They discuss making culling decisions on dairy farms, what issues packing facilities are seeing with dairy cull animals, and collaborations between the beef and dairy industries that will help the whole cattle industry improve. For more information, click these links: Beef Quality Assurance program https://www.bqa.org/ Right Way Right Time - A Guide to Cull Dairy Cattle Management https://nationaldairyfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Right-Way-Right-Time.pdf National Cattlemen's Beef Association https://www.ncba.org/ To give suggestions for future topics, enter them here: cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_…0mJo62tFans2

People in this episode

Hosts: Lindsay Ferlito, Betsy Hicks

Guest: Dr. Julia Herman

Topics covered

• culling decisions
• dairy management
• animal welfare
• beef and dairy collaboration
• cattle industry improvement

Keywords

• dairy culling
• animal welfare
• beef cattle
• dairy management
• cattle industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cornell PRO-DAIRY, CCE SCNY Dairy and Field Crops Team, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Beef Quality Assurance, National Dairy FARM

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