Even if you don’t know much about beef or dairy production, if you imagine a ranch or a milking barn, you probably picture ...

Raising dairy cows delivers multiple benefits. Just one “bossy” contentedly chewing her cud in the lower 40–or even in a small backyard plot–can easily provide your family with all the milk, cheese, ...

Cost should not be the principal factor guiding choice of calf nutrition, but it is certainly influential. At a breakeven ...

The month of June is just around corner and with it comes June Dairy Month, a time for the celebration of cows, cheese and ...

This dairy barn is full of cows, as you might expect. Cows are being milked, cows are being fed, cows are being cleaned up after, and a few very happy cows are even getting vigorously scratched behind ...

The scent of cattle is an unavoidable assault on the senses at an Arkansas dairy farm on a hot October day. But it's a ...

But in recent years, goat milk has been making its way into the spotlight as a nutritious, digestible alternative, especially for people with mild sensitivities to cow milk. As curiosity grows, many ...

We’ve all been led to believe that cow’s milk is best for strong, healthy bones. But a new study — published in the journal Food Science and Nutrition — casts some doubt upon this well-trodden, bovine ...

At Kate Steensma’s farm, dairy cows may earn a name due to physical characteristics or personality traits. Steensma notes that one cow, Houdini, was a particularly memorable escape artist. Steensma is ...