A herd of Himalayan cows at Sharp Farm on Grand Blanc Road is itching to munch on real Christmas trees after all the ...

Goat milk may have benefits for digestive, heart, and bone health. It's a source of protein, vitamins, minerals, and highly ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of ...

The team’s working hypothesis is that heifers demonstrating moderate forage intake with acceptable growth will ultimately become more forage-efficient cows. Simply put, they define an efficient cow as ...

Is alfalfa still essential in dairy rations? Learn how low-lignin alfalfa, harvest management, and forage economics impact ...

The healthiest butter options include grass-fed, organic, whipped, and plant-based spreads. These offer more nutrients and fewer additives than regular butter.

Police used tear gas to disperse protesting farmers Friday as veterinarians culled more than 200 cows infected with nodular dermatitis, or lumpy skin disease, at a farm in southern France. The deadly ...

Third-generation Ashburton dairy farmers TJ and Mark Stewart are no strangers to adapting and evolving. With a history of resilience - particularly after the devastating flooding of May 2021, in which ...

In spring-calving dairy herds, most have a proportion of the herd dried off at the moment, with a view of all being dry over the coming weeks. Some will also be milking on a proportion of the herd ...

How does a dairy cow produce one ton of milk components? Some simple math will show evidence. A Holstein cow that produces 85 lb/day of milk (~27,000 lb yearly) at a 4.2% butterfat and 3.2% milk ...

Body condition scoring (BCS) the herd now and throughout the winter is crucial for a successful dry period and to ensure calving goes smoothly next spring. Given the fact that it is only eight short ...

USDA released its first Cattle on Feed report (COF) since September, on Nov. 21. On the same day, Tyson Foods also announced the closure of a beef processing facility in Lexington, Nebraska, and ...