Israel’s dairy herd consists of 115,000 cows on 972 farms, according to the Israel Dairy Board. The Israeli cow has the highest national milk yield (production/cow/year) in the world, in milk volume ...

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.

At 292,337 dairy heifer calves born up to 1 April, that represents a potential replacement rate of just 18% based on a total dairy cow population of 1.6m cows. Of course, between mortality and ...

The advantages offered by the state were highlighted. Among them were cited a climate suitable for dairy cows, ample supply of feedstuffs, and a strong milk-processing industry. Small dairy farms in ...

The four-month Class I average sits at $20.56, up from $18.61 at this time a year ago, and compares to $20.26 in 2023. The USDA’s latest Livestock Slaughter report showed an estimated 217,000 head of ...

The USDA’s latest Livestock Slaughter report showed an estimated 217,000 head of dairy cows were slaughtered under federal inspection in February, down 30,800 from January, and 35,700 head or 14 ...