The Beef on Dairy project is a multi-year project tasked with developing stronger beef-dairy partnerships to reduce costs, increase dairy farm viability, and improve product quality to increase market access for Vermont beef products. The goal is to develop a cooperative value-added sire program that dairy farms can use to breed animals for the beef market, and in doing so strengthen the quality and viability of Vermont's beef supply chain. The project is led by Vermont Cattleman's Kevin Channell, with funding from Working Lands and supported by Farm to Plate’s Meat Supply Chain Priority Strategy Team. The Fiscal Year 2024 year end report covers key learnings, developments, and opportunities and challenges for the project from July 2023 to June 2024. Highlights include production data, summary of technical services delivered, business challenges, market analysis with buyer profiles, and forecasts for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
