The goal of the Building a Better Cow project is to improve dairy cow productivity, profitability and wellness.

At Flannery Beef, father-daughter duo Bryan and Katie Flannery specialize in dry-aging beef from Holstein dairy cows. “If you tell somebody to think of a cow, you’re going to think of a Holstein,” ...

A textbook can explain that a cow’s udder has four compartments or describe the key characteristics that differentiate the Holstein and Jersey breeds. But Saturday mornings spent with the ...

Cultivating a relationship with an animal is a skill as much as it is an art — it requires patience and vigilance to the nuances of body language, and the reward of an animal’s trust is invaluable.

Soaring Heights Elementary played host to ‘Dixie’ and the Southwest Dairy Farmers’ Mobile Dairy Classroom. Dixie, and mobile dairy educator Suzie Reece, travel southwest Missouri, Oklahoma, and ...

Although “Farmer in the Dell” may be her favorite song and moo juice her preferred drink, 4-year-old Rachel Moskowicz had never seen a cow until Thursday. Rachel and dozens of other youngsters at the ...

Liberty, Sam Jones said, can be moody. “Very moody,” said the 12-year-old from Bradenton. Liberty, who was born on the Fourth of July, is the heifer that Jones showed Friday evening at the Manatee ...