The dairy herds are growing in the United States and Canada.
This week’s National Ag Statistics Service report shows Canadian milk cows and heifers that have calved are up 2% as of July 1st to more than 454-thousand animals compared to about 447-thousand a year ago.
In the U.S., dairy cows and heifers that have calved total 9-point-4 million animals. USDA statistics for 2016 were not listed, but its 100-thousand more than 2015.
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