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 — ...

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

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 ...

Kelp has long been used to keep cows healthy but it may also help reduce emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. A cow sticks her nose into a tub of kelp additive at Larson family dairy near Ottertail ...

Cow cuddling, ice cream churning and farm tours are among the tactics dairy farmers are employing to compensate for low milk prices ...

In a German region where dairy farming remains an economic mainstay, a 12-year-old Holstein cow named Alge was on Wednesday crowned the most beautiful cow in East Frisia. The black-and-white bovine ...

Mercy Nyaguthii with her cows in Kahuho village, Nakuru County. She plans to increase her herd from seven. PHOTO: WILLIES MWANIKI. Mercy Nyaguthii started dairy farming in 2017 after a friend shared ...

If you read the title and thought, of course, Artificial Insemination has a place on the dairy farm, you’re not alone. To me, ...