US slaughter of 2.914 million cows in 2011 increased by 3.9% year-on-year

According to a report released by the US Department of Agriculture on January 20, in the United States, a total of 2.914 million cows were slaughtered in 2011, an increase of 109,000 over the same period of last year, an increase of 3.9% year-on-year. Among them, in December, the United States slaughtered 262,000 dairy cows, a decrease of 3,000 from the same period of last year and a year-on-year decrease of 1.1%.

According to a report from the US Department of Agriculture, in December, the number of American dairy cows was 9.221 million, an increase of 80,000 over the same period of last year.