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, ...

COLD SPRING, Minn. — Derek Schmitz wasn’t always successful in raising and milking dairy cows. The 29-year-old has worked to grow his understanding smack dab in the biggest dairy county in Minnesota — ...

Colton Brodt, left, with Barrett, Amanda and Blakely, raise dairy cows using robotic milking systems in Humboldt County, Calif. FERNDALE, Calif. — Dairyman Colton Brodt says the robots working at his ...

Culling decisions should be just as important as breeding decisions. Here, two experts explain what to consider when ...

This 4-H cow is one of the 30 Plum Creek Art Center Picasso Cows. The bovines, decorated by businesses, churches, nonprofit organizations and individuals, will be on display throughout Fredericksburg ...

In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Raising beef on dairy-crossed cattle is starting to have a significant impact on the beef market. For the past five to six years, beef on dairy cattle have become more common in ...

In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an ...