New research shows that genetic changes in modern H5N1 viruses improve their ability to infect bovine cells, helping explain recent HPAI detections in U.S. dairy herds.

In 2025, the beef-on-dairy stories for U.S. dairy producers that most resonated centered on the substantial increase in calf ...

Officials have detected highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a dairy cattle herd in Wisconsin, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

The H5N1 strain of avian influenza—commonly known as bird flu—has been circulating among wild migratory birds for the past two years, with substantial spillover into poultry farms. But what's sparking ...

UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.

The genetic sequencing of the bird flu virus detected in a Dodge County dairy herd earlier this month indicates it was a new ...

In early 2025, through the National Milk Testing Strategy, USDA detected two spillover events in Nevada and Arizona dairy ...

Ever asked yourself "where does milk come from?" A few months ago, I purchased an American Devon/Jersey Cross milking cow ...

Innovative practices — from diet additives to regenerative grazing — can offer quick wins in the fight against global rising temperatures.

Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply of both beef and dairy cattle. Some 72% of dairy farms are now ...

Sometimes things that appear to make sense to the uninformed eye make no sense to experienced eyes. For example, the three major Farm Animal Welfare groups in the US including American Humane ...