High milk yields are a source of pride for the Sychi dairy farm, which is part of one of the country’s best enterprises – the ...

Since 1960, Holstein dairy cows have exhibited a substantial decline in fertility, with serious economic consequences for farmers. Genetic selection programs in the United States and elsewhere have ...

A reader recently emailed me, saying that they were distressed about how modern dairies operate. I replied with some insights gleaned from my six decades’ worth of dairy experience. The majority of ...

Once upon a time, everyone hoped that the internet, instead of becoming a bottomless pit of iniquity, would be filled with good and interesting information about large cattle. And lo, it is. Other ...

A sublime and tremendously moving portrait of the life of an English dairy cow named Luma, Andrea Arnold’s “Cow” is a real-life bovine “Bambi” and the second 2022 film to land on my 10 best list, ...

At the World Dairy Expo in Madison this week, hundreds of fitters prepare cows for show with clippers, hair dryers, hoof ...