Today, Sunday, July 28, is the last day of the 2002 Dunn County Fair. By the time you read this it is a good bet that the last cow, horse, rabbit, chicken, hog and sheep that appeared and was judged ...

CHICO — Whether it’s learning to evaluate a sports performance, a piece of artwork or a living animal, the process is a long one. Experience and time are the only ways to gain the skill. That was the ...

Dexter cattle, even bulls such as this one, are easy to handle and cheap to feed. Two Dexters can be bred at different times to produce a year-round supply of milk for about as much money and care as ...

At one of our editorial meetings recently, another editor asked us to share something happy from the recent weeks. It took me a second, but then it came to me. Livestock judging. In the past couple ...

OWATONNA, Minn. — Two dairy judging teams from Minnesota placed in the top three at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, Scotland, last month. A team of two from the Owatonna FFA placed first and a ...

People driving up or down Minnesota’s interstates see – and smell – windmills, silos, cornfields and cows throughout the Midwest heartland. Many don’t take much notice of them. For a group of ...

Learn all about the Irish Dexter cattle pros and cons to decide if you’d like to bring this dual-purpose breed into your homestead. We first heard about Irish Dexter cattle while watching a program on ...

SEQUIM — To the untrained eye, Forrest Gump is hardly distinguishable from his friends Clyde and June. But to members of the Clallam County 4-H livestock judging team, there are noticeable differences ...

MADISON, Wis. —The University of Minnesota placed second overall at the National Collegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest held Sept. 30 in conjunction with World Dairy Expo in Madison. Nineteen ...