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Dairy and beef herds growing in U.S. and Canada

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 1^st 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.

Overall cattle numbers are up, with much of that increase attributed to expanded U.S. beef herds.