POWELL, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is mourning the loss of one of its beloved cows. The zoo announced on Monday that Belle, a Dexter cow, passed away. Belle arrived at the zoo in 2015 when ...

Heat and drought are inflicting perilous strain on dairy cows across the globe, drying up their milk production and threatening the long-term global supply of everything from butter to baby formula.

On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health experts say. On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, ...

Americans are eating more cheese and butter. That has dairy farmers scrambling to get their cows to produce fattier milk. The efforts include using different cow breeds and feed mixes, and making sure ...

Every December, carolers flock to a dairy farm in New York to serenade the herd. This year, Churchtown Dairy in Claverack, N.Y., drew hundreds of carolers.Credit...Alexandra Genova for The New York ...

New lab experiments with milk from cows infected by H5N1 influenza, known as bird flu, confirm that it is infectious, especially when left raw, or untreated, and potentially even when flash ...

With the help of two robots, self-milking cows are the cornerstone of Rogue Creamery’s award-winning cheeses. Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage ...

Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...