Dairy farms have expanded steadily since the 1970s and now compete for economic strength with beef cattle operations.

Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply ...

The Stotz Dairy farm started in the 1980s with 539 cows and only four employees. It now has over 7,000 milking cows, along with over 6,000 heifers — female cows that haven't yet given birth ...

In 1971, Stanley and Shirley Wratten bought about 300 acres in Madison after their barn and house in Morrisville were lost in ...

Dairy cows must be made pregnant and give birth in order to produce milk, but more than half of Brits are in the dark about ...

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel virtually inaugurated a modern semen production unit, set up by Banas Dairy in Dama ...

In March 2024, for the first time in the United States, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was recognized as having crossed over from birds into cattle. Experts believe the virus ...

The Speciesism.WTF performance (Image: Speciesism.WTF) The Speciesism.WTF performance (Image: Speciesism.WTF) The performance featured women shackled and hooked up to makeshift breast milking machines ...

The dairy cows were a closed herd, Wratten-McDowell said. Gene raised the female heifer calves as replacements for older cows that were no longer good producers, she said. The last time the farm ...

a dairy cow needs to eat to produce 100 pounds of milk has decreased ... Women make up 36% of the total number of U.S. farm operators; 58% of all farms have at least one female decision-maker.