Farm Journal’s State of the Dairy Industry 2025 report provides a comprehensive overview of the current state and outlook of ...

Slaughter of dairy cows has declined substantially since the fourth week of 2025 to levels below 2024 and 2023.

A new study reveals the emergence of HPAI H5N1 in US dairy cattle with zoonotic potential and high viral loads in milk. The ...

Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think.

It’s the first time this version has been detected in dairy cattle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced February 5. “What [experts] are concerned about is that it could indicate ...

Ohio State Extension educator Jason Hartschuh offers insight into the prevalence of genetic defects in dairy cattle and ...

Unlike their peers in the poultry business, dairy farmers have no Red Book for dealing ... announcement by the U.S.D.A. that a second form of bird flu has surfaced in cattle underscores how ...

The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in U.S. dairy cattle can be traced to a single spillover event from a wild bird, researchers report, raising concern over growing pandemic ...

Grazing cattle also produce more methane than feedlot cattle or dairy cows because they eat more fiber from grass. In the U.S., there are 9 million dairy cows and over 64 million beef cattle. “Beef ...

The virus was first detected in U.S. poultry in February 2022. Earlier this year, it spilled over to dairy cows. On Dec. 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the start of its National ...

June 6 (Reuters) - Dairy cows infected with avian flu in five U.S. states have died or been slaughtered by farmers because they did not recover, state officials and academics told Reuters.

Brett Reinford grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania, and he remembers his farm’s cows being fed with cottonseed—35 years ago. “I remember digging tunnels through the cottonseed as a small ...