Environmental advocates have raised concerns about the dairy operations' proximity to waterfowl, wildlife, and watersheds.

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak hits Eastern Cape farmers hard, killing cattle and forcing quarantines that halt meat sales.

India’s dairy sector is witnessing a technological shift with the launch of Gau Swastha, an artificial intelligence platform designed to help farmers quickly assess the health of their cattle using ...

Bob and Josh Hiemstra of Brandon, Wis., milk 120 Holstein cows and raise 135 beef-on-dairy cattle on their diversified farm in western Fond du Lac County. The 69-year-old father and 49-year-old son ...

In 2019, Vermeer acquired a vertical mixer company, expanding its reach into the feeding side of dairy operations. Today, Vermeer offers mixers ranging from 350 ft3 to 1,150 ft3 (9.9 m3 to 32.6 m3), ...

For 2026 alone, 3,900 more cows have been culled each week on average compared to a year ago, resulting in year-to-date slaughter being 35,000 head or 7.5% higher than the year prior.

A 27-year-old dairy farmer named B called into The Dave Ramsey Show in March 2026 with a situation that sounds manageable on paper and is genuinely precarious in practice. His family operation ...

Fustead Emory Blitz-ET, Excellent 94, born in 1996, is the top-selling Select Sires bull, with more than 1.6 million units of ...

From predicting lameness to estimating milk production months ahead, artificial intelligence is starting to change how dairy farms use their herd data.

Fewer than 80 dairy farms remain in Connecticut — a 63% decline over two decades. In the heyday of the industry during the 1950s and '60s, the state had nearly 1,000.

Direct farm-to-consumer sales of raw milk in Michigan are currently illegal. A bill in the state House would end that ...