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 ...

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

Raising dairy cows delivers multiple benefits. Just one “bossy” contentedly chewing her cud in the lower 40–or even in a small backyard plot–can easily provide your family with all the milk, cheese, ...