The outlook for 2026 is one of cautious optimism anchored by structural evolution. The U.S. dairy industry is no longer just ...

Government buyout programs have long been part of the dairy industry. Western United Dairies says the Make America More ...

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 ...

Smith: As farmers and ranchers work to adapt to changing economic conditions across the farm economy, one sector in ...

Almost everyone in the cattle business knows these two things: (1) the feeder cattle market has demonstrated tremendous strength in reaching and sustaining record price levels during the past year, ...

The new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans issued by the USDA/HHS features red meat and beef tallow quite prominently ...

Brenda Boetel, department chair of Agricultural Economics at UW-River Falls and Extension agricultural marketing specialist, ...

Dairy cows line up to eat in the barn. (USDA photo) Revenue from breeding beef calves softened the blow of drop in milk prices during 2025. By hanging on to cows for breeding, farms may have fed an ...

A growing number of dairies are breeding some of their cows—the ones they don’t plan to raise replacement heifers from--to beef bulls, using semen from Angus or Charolais. The beef-dairy cross calves ...

Experts shared their thoughts on how to protect dairy workers from avian influenza during a recent online roundtable.