TURLOCK, Calif. – Hundreds of thousands of America’s dairy cows are being turned into hamburgers because milk prices have dropped so low that farmers can no longer afford to feed the animals. Dairy ...
Low margins on U.S. dairy farms pushed a lot of cows to slaughter in 2023, but cow numbers now seem to have stabilized, an industry analyst says. Cow slaughter rates were high throughout most of 2023 ...
With beef cow slaughter down 20% and cull bulls breaking the $200/cwt. barrier, record-heavy steer weights are fueling a ...