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The local dairy farmer took a beating in the state legislature Thursday during discussion of a bill that would ban tail docking of dairy cattle. It’s not all that common a practice, but Dinis’ Empire ...

A Taranaki dairy farmer has been fined $40,000 and put under two years intensive supervision for breaking the tails of 136 cows and docking the tails of 26 cows. Lane Rodney Wiggins, 53, had earlier ...

Farmers say it keeps dairy cattle clean, opponents say it's cruel and pointless. Jan. 26, 2010 — -- A practice that is decried by animal rights activists and many scientific experts, and was ...

California cows are the first in the nation with the legal right to swat flies as nature intended now that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill banning the painful practice of tail docking ...

Many people who haven’t stepped foot on a dairy might think milking a cow is a sort of Emersonian back-to-the land moment, where a milker bonds with his or her cow while communing with nature. Just ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. California state Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) has ...

An ultimatum has been given to 90% of the US dairy industry to phase out routine tail docking in dairy cows. The board of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) hastened a resolution by five ...

A bit of good news on the farming front for a change. On Sunday, California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will ban the practice of cutting off dairy cows' tails, making ...