He explained that transitioning to cattle requires significant time and money, including land conversion, fencing, facilities ...

Larger cows must wean heavier calves to justify higher maintenance costs. Track individual productivity for better decisions.

The outbreak of the bird flu virus in dairy cows across the United States was first officially reported toward the end of March. But scientists say the virus was actually spreading undetected as early ...

In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an ...

Cows have been domesticated for over 10,000 years. They’re cloven-hooved herbivores of the Bovidae family. We use them for everything from meat to milk to leather. They’re raised all over the world ...

On March 25, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a multistate outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows. A ...

A genetically modified cow has produced milk containing human insulin, according to a new study. The proof-of-concept achievement could be scaled up to, eventually, produce enough insulin to ensure ...

TOPSHOT - A photo taken on May 31, 2018 shows a cow eating grass on a dairy farm near Cambridge. New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's largest dairy cooperative, posted its first-ever annual loss on ...

“This really needs to stop,” Elon Musk tweeted in June. “Killing some cows doesn’t matter for climate change.” By the time Musk shared that thought with his 158.9 million followers on his social media ...