Transporting calves long distances at young ages is a growing practice for U.S. dairies. They do it to seek ideal rearing ...

The “dairy barn of the future” is rethinking animal welfare, technology, and transparency - giving cows the freedom to choose ...

What happens when cows are allowed to decide for themselves whether they want to be indoors or outdoors? When calves grow up ...

Heifers have unique requirements and challenges leading to individual groups, adjustments in feed additives and rations designed to meet growth and milk needs.

This Adopt a Cow program is operated by Discover Dairy, an education initiative funded by a nested series of industry groups.

A growing number of dairies are breeding some of their cows—the ones they don’t plan to raise replacement heifers from--to beef bulls, using semen from Angus or Charolais. The beef-dairy cross calves ...

Calves are a product of the dairy industry. Cows must be bred to produce milk, but are those subsequent calves a missed opportunity? Attendees asked that question during the Beef on Dairy Symposium ...

As scientists continue to explore the wide-ranging effects of heat stress on the health of dairy cattle, a new study by researchers from the University of Florida, published in the September issue of ...

A farmer in Rovaniemi was astonished this week when a heifer who ran away half a year ago reappeared with a newborn.

It all starts with a cow. These gentle, grass-chewing giants are the foundation of an entire food system built on milk. When a dairy cow becomes pregnant around one year of age, she begins a ...