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.

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

COLD SPRING, Minn. — Derek Schmitz wasn’t always successful in raising and milking dairy cows. The 29-year-old has worked to grow his understanding smack dab in the biggest dairy county in Minnesota — ...

It’s a massive opportunity.” Filling the Cattle Gap One of the biggest reasons beef-on-dairy has grown so quickly is simple: ...

“We spend a lot of time trying to understand how the biology works in a cow, and then trying to do that,” says Sohail Gupta, one of the creators of UnReal Milk. In a lab in Boston, a startup has spent ...

AND SOME OF THEIR NEW TECHNOLOGY. 88 COWS HAVE RETURNED TO BRUNTON DAIRY TO A MUCH BIGGER BARN. IT STANDS IN THAT SAME SPOT WHERE THE ORIGINAL BARN WENT UP IN FLAMES NEARLY 15 MONTHS AGO. DAIRY ...

The Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds was the site of a popular event Friday, the cow milking contest. Six teams of three milked three large dairy cattle. They all had 20 seconds to milk the three cows as ...

Annie G’s Dairy debuts the first-of-its-kind U.S. retail milk vending machine with A2A2, robot-milked, flavored milk—see tech ...