Better feed efficiency: Holstein or Jersey?

At the recently held EAAP conference, a study was presented by Bingjie Li, a researcher from the Aarhus University in Denmark, which raised the question whether the Holstein or Jersey breeds are better at feed efficiency. 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 where