For 2026 alone, 3,900 more cows have been culled each week on average compared to a year ago, resulting in year-to-date slaughter being 35,000 head or 7.5% higher than the year prior.

Record‑high beef‑on‑dairy calf prices are reshaping dairy producers' bottom lines. But experts warn without a deliberate risk ...

Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply of both beef and dairy cattle. Some 72% of dairy farms are now ...

GEDDES, N.Y. — Dairy Day at the New York State Fair starts in the barn with some very pampered cows. They all sat in piles of fluffed hay, ready for their next meal. "Keeping a cow happy at the barn ...

Raising dairy cows delivers multiple benefits. Just one “bossy” contentedly chewing her cud in the lower 40–or even in a small backyard plot–can easily provide your family with all the milk, cheese, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Hiroshima University-led project has secured a $1.8 million grant from the Gates Foundation to develop a way to store bull semen ...

Making it to the Minnesota State Fair with your family in tow can be a feat in and of itself. Imagine bringing along your family, 15 cows and two calves to stay for the full 12 days of the Fair, plus ...

Sudden drop in milk production, thickened milk, and cows under movement restrictions. Since 2024, American farmers have had ...

A New Zealand farm is revolutionizing dairy farming with Halter, a system using smart collars to guide 600 cows to milking ...

Dozens of dairy cattle were on the moo-ve Monday at Michigan State University. About 80 cows hoofed it to their new home, the Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center, a $75 million facility the East ...

U.S. dairy cattle tested positive for a strain of bird flu that previously had not been seen in cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday, ramping up concerns about the persistent ...