The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Feb. 7 released its Jan. 1 cattle inventory report — and it appears that the ...

H5N1 has been confirmed in dairy cattle in nine states, has been found in milk and has prompted the slaughter of millions of chickens and turkeys. But finding it in beef is a new development for ...

Dairy farms have expanded steadily since the 1970s and now compete for economic strength with beef cattle operations.