January 18, 2025

| The California Press Room …

The makes a big economic contribution to the state. According to the CDFA, farming is the leading agricultural commodity in California, producing $7.57 billion in cash receipts from milk production in 2021. The milk that leaves the farm flows into society to become value-added products that create jobs and revenues in …

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Trends in Pennsylvania’s : The number of Pennsylvania farms is declining. Currently, 4,940 farms are located in Pennsylvania. This represents 17.4 percent of all farms across the nation. Pennsylvania’s average herd size is about 94 cows, and 99 percent of all farms in Pennsylvania are family owned.

… – Springer

This paper describes the perspectives of stakeholders within the North American on key issues affecting the welfare of cattle. Five heterogeneous focus groups were held during a cattle welfare meeting in Guelph, Canada in October 2012. Each group contained between 7 and 10 participants (n = 46 total subjects) and consisted of a mix of producers, veterinarians …