Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...

High beef prices and genomic breakthroughs are rewriting the dairy playbook, keeping the U.S. milking herd at record levels as producers prioritize beef-on-dairy calves and high-component milk.

PORT ROYAL, Pennsylvania (RNS) — On a quiet Sunday on rural Pennsylvania farmland, Dhruva and his favorite cow, Tabby, meet at dawn. While one recites a mantra to Lord Krishna using prayer beads, the ...

Donald Scherber bought a Minnesota dairy farm in 1958. His son, John, bought it from him in 1995 and will probably pass it down to his children. For decades, the family has made a living selling the ...

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 ...

$1,500 or more for beef-on-dairy calves is reason to keep extra cows and breed them with beef semen, which limits dairy ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - This school year, Eau Claire students are in for an ‘udderly’ good time with a fun addition to their classrooms. Discover Dairy’s ‘Adopt a Cow’ program is helping teach ...

Wisconsin has been keeping track of dairy farm numbers since 1950. At that time, there were 143,000 dairy farms in the state.