Farmers were doing an exceptional job producing milk. The surprising element throughout this year was the decrease in dairy cattle slaughter. Slaughter was significantly below a year ago throughout ...

Derrell Peel pointed out in his Cow/Calf newsletter dated June 20, 2016 how although the dairy cow represents on average only 22 percent of all cows, they have represented an average of 47 percent of ...

From the beginning of the year, the supply of bred heifers meant that beef cow slaughter in 2023 would have to decrease sharply…in excess of 18 percent year over year…in order to avoid additional herd ...

The PDP Dairy Wellbeing Workshop is one of the most valuable opportunities for dairy team members to see firsthand how the ...

So Far Cattle Inventories On January 1, 2024, the U.S. had the smallest cattle industry in decades as indicated by numerous measures: Head Feedlot inventories peaked in 2022 but have declined ...

Beef cow slaughter was down 19.0% year over year and dairy cow slaughter was down 12.2% from the previous year. Reduced supplies of processing beef led to record wholesale trimmings prices, increased ...

Monitoring the transition dairy cow helps producers to recognize signs of trouble before it starts. The transition period is 60 days before calving and 30 days after calving. Transition cow management ...

requires milk-producing dairy cattle moving across state lines to secure a negative bird flu test no more than seven days prior to travel. It also allows non-producing cattle headed to slaughter to ...