Dairies are closing partly because of changing consumer tastes and trade tensions, but mainly because the industry is continuing a century-long consolidation.
Stalls are the often-used metric to measure overcrowding. It easy to see, measure and calculate cows per usable stall. However, it may not be the limiting factor!
“New” housing facilities need not necessarily start from the ground up. University of Minnesota agricultural engineer Kevin Janni discusses ways to remodel existing farm structures to address your housing needs.
Cull cow prices are sharing in the Spring cattle price rally. Normally, cull cow prices increase from the Fall into late Spring, and that increase is well underway.