While component growth and beef-on-dairy can coexist, 2026 producers are responding to market signals that currently favor ...

Dairy cows stand in a field outside of a milking barn at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Charlie ...

Dairy cows line up to eat in the barn. (USDA photo) Revenue from breeding beef calves softened the blow of drop in milk prices during 2025. By hanging on to cows for breeding, farms may have fed an ...

Poorer returns for dairy farmers throughout the winter have prompted an increase in the number of dairy cows being culled, ...

93 California dairy herds have tested positive for the H5N1 virus as of Oct. 9. California has roughly 1,100 herds and 1.7 million cows. It accounts for 20% of the milk produced in the country. As a ...