Transporting newborn calves long distances has welfare challenges. On some dairies, beef on dairy calves are reared for ...

New research shows that genetic changes in modern H5N1 viruses improve their ability to infect bovine cells, helping explain recent HPAI detections in U.S. dairy herds.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Raising beef on dairy-crossed cattle is starting to have a significant impact on the beef market. For the past five to six years, beef on dairy cattle have become more common in ...

Wisconsin confirms its first case of bird flu in cattle at a 500-cow dairy located in Fox Lake. The herd is quarantined but ...

Since bird flu was first identified in U.S. dairy herds in March 2024, Wisconsin dairy herds have managed to avoid the virus - until now.

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 ...

It’s on our radar, but it’s not our main concern”, local dairy farmer said after recent Bird Flu finding in Dodge Co.

At most, traditional dairy farms calves are separated from their mothers within 24 hours of their birth. It allows farmers to collect the milk that the calves would naturally drink and sell it to be ...

A study at Iowa State University is seeking to determine whether bird flu, found in cows' milk, can also show up in other ...

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in a dairy herd in Dodge County, Wisconsin, the ...

Yesterday the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the first known ...

Joe Hayden, a fourth-generation dairy farmer supplying milk for Baileys Irish Cream, uses the HerdPlus app to find perfect mates for his 230 cows. The “Tinder for cows” technology, developed by the ...