USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released its U.S. and Canadian Cattle and Sheep and U.S. and Canadian Hogs reports today (March 7).
U.S., Canadian cattle inventory up 2 percent; hog inventory up 3 percent
All cattle and calves in the United States and Canada combined totaled 106 million head on Jan. 1, up 2 percent from the 104 million head on Jan. 1, 2016, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service U.S. and Canadian Cattle and Sheep report. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 45.3 million head, were up 2 percent from a year ago.





