A new milk bottling facility has been opened by Aurora Organic Dairy in Columbia, Missouri, and the majority of milk will come from company owned farms in Colorado and Texas.
APHIS announced it has withdrawn its plan to phase-in mandatory RFID tags for cattle and bison in response to executive orders calling for "transparency."
Anaplasma marginale is an organism that lives in red blood cells and causes the only major “tick-borne” disease in the U.S. affecting cattle production.
Vaccines are intended to prevent disease in cattle and can be highly effective when delivered intact. But many vaccines also are highly fragile, and can be rendered useless by cold, heat or sunlight.
Officials have confirmed a first case of a rare strain of bovine tuberculosis in the U.S. after seven cows in North Dakota tested positive for the disease.
When raising dairy beef or selecting beef bulls for reproduction on dairy cows know the market, provide excellent calf care and identification, and conduct a genetic audit of the herd.
The percent contributed by the dairy industry has grown since 2002 when beef from dairy cattle contributed 17.9% of the U.S. beef supplies to 22.7% in 2016.
The Cattlemen's Beef Board will invest approximately $40.9 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications during 2020.
