Nov. Commercial Dairy Cow Slaughter is 217,400 Head

Posted by Brian Gould Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:35:00 GMT

The Nov. commercial slaughter decreased to 217.4 thousand head from the Oct. value of 244.6 thousand.  For the year, 2,292,200 dairy cows have been slaughtered compared to 2,141,600 head in 2006.  This represents a 7.03% increase.