Robotic milking can be a game-changer for labor efficiency, but it doesn’t totally eliminate hands-on work—especially when it ...

About 6% of U.S. farms market foods locally through direct-to-consumer sales. The pounds of feed (grain, forage, etc.) a dairy cow needs to eat to produce 100 pounds of milk has decreased by more than ...

Because cows experience a lot of stress after calving, they need good feed. Not only is the cow producing milk for her calf, she is also preparing her reproductive system to rebreed. As a result ...

He says: “It is not always automatic that the cow conceives. Sometimes a cow needs two, three or more inseminations before it conceives. “In May this year I sold one cow which just couldn’t ...