Dairy Cow Slaughter Slows in July
U.S. dairy farmers sent 207,000 cull cows to slaughter in July. That’s 19,000 fewer compared to July 2010 (8.4%) and 12,000 fewer than June 2011 (5.5%). Year-to-date, however, cow culling is still running 70,000 head higher than 2010, a 4.4% rise.