Cow cuddling, ice cream churning and farm tours are among the tactics dairy farmers are employing to compensate for low milk ...

DECLO — More than 1,000 dairy cows will move out of Heglar Creek Dairy’s conventional barn in September and into a new robotic milking barn where they will sleep on waterbeds. In the voluntary milking ...

Chad Kieffer, a third-generation farmer from Utica, Minnesota, has five milkers for his herd of 350 cows. The milkers are squat, patient, persistent workers. They hum around the mooing cows. They are ...

Many dairy producers in Maine have trouble finding the workforce they need to maintain sustainable operations. Could robots step in? The University of Maine recently unveiled a robotic milking barn — ...

U.S. milk production is hitting records, but shrinking replacement heifer numbers and aging herds signal tighter, more volatile dairy markets ahead.

One California Dairy is taking a closer look at lighting for circadian rhythm, melatonin and dry cow management.

If you have even just a few acres and space to keep a cow, with enough pasture area to provide her with grazing, a milk cow can supply your family with milk. This can be milk for drinking and/or ...