Dairy cows are culled more quickly so dairy herd turnover rates are much faster. Dairy cow slaughter averages 30 percent of the January 1 inventory of dairy cows each year compared to less than 10 ...

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 ...

Some major packers are cutting back or not accepting dairy cattle for slaughter, and producers say it’s not helping. “There is a bigger discount with Holsteins today because some of the packers are ...

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 ...

Named OSO18, the bear has attacked 65 grazing dairy cattle over the past four years, killing 31 of them. Experts estimate the predator is a 10-year-old male brown bear measuring a relatively ...

A new variant of the bird flu sweeping the nation has been reported in a Churchill County dairy, marking the first time the ...

That’s when Wavrin learned that a single Holstein from his dairy was the first in the United States to test positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow, the terrorizing cattle ...

Delhi Police have arrested two individuals, including a minor, for suspected involvement in cow slaughter near Signature Bridge. Evidence found includes cow carcasses and slaughter tools. A viral ...

As farmers are forced to slaughter millions of chickens a month, some businesses are struggling to keep up with soaring egg prices.

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.

Cow comfort is important to milk production, milk quality, reproductive efficiency, and health of dairy cows. A cow’s housing and management can affect her comfort. There are economic consequences to ...