The USDA’s latest Livestock Slaughter report showed an estimated 217,000 head of dairy cows were slaughtered under federal inspection in February, down 30,800 from January, and 35,700 head or 14.1% ...

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are calling on USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins to broaden USDA’s ...

A source says USDA employees who worked on bird flu response have accepted incentives to leave the agency, which could strain ...

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory helped detect highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle a year ago.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services ... Avian flu can cause reduced milk production in dairy cattle but is rarely fatal for cattle. However, it can spread from ...

In a letter to former USDA Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Chavonda Jacobs-Young last April, AFBF president Zippy Duvall called the July cattle report "one of the very ...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected in US dairy cattle, raising concerns about its potential transmission and impact on livestock and public health. The USDA confirmed that highly pathogenic ...