The best feed efficiency: Holstein or Jersey?

At the recently held EAAP conference, a study was presented by Bingjie Li, a researcher from Aarhus University in Denmark, who raised the question: Which breed is better at feed efficiency Holstein or Jersey? With dairy farmers under pressure financially they have to account for every cent when it comes to the cost of milk production. There has often been a debate as to which breed of dairy cow is the more profitable. Those milking with Holsteins tend to opt for higher yields whereas dairy farm