Researchers say new beef product has potential to end bobby calf slaughter
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Massey University researchers are looking to the dairy, beef and meat industry to help introduce what they say has the potential to end the slaughtering of bobby calves. Calves are created for milk production in the dairy industry, with a large number being slaughtered from four days old. `I see that as an opportunity to create a higher value product, to make use of those animals,` Massey University animal science senior lecturer Dr Nicola Scheurs said. The concept she has created, with the help of Masters students, is dubbed New Generation Beef. The project saw 80 Kiwi Hereford cross calves reared to eight, 10 and 12 months old, a year to two years earlier than the usual processing age....