Cow-calf producers in the Midwest that endure constant pasture and hay challenges have had to find alternative ways to raise cattle. Erika Lundy, Iowa State University Extension beef specialist, said ...

Sioux Falls is the biggest city in South Dakota, but with a population of 153,888, that’s not saying much. And yet, it has some serious big city research going on at Sanford Health, where researchers ...

The University of Connecticut may have the husky as their mascot, but that’s not the only wildlife in Storrs. UConn has a barn full of cows right on campus - and pretty well-known cows at that!

Tracking system could make it easier to trace and check spread of disease. The Department of Agriculture today announced plans to develop an enterprise architecture for a national system for tracking ...

AT&T is using its 5G network to power a unique type of connected device designed specifically for dairy farmers. The hardware comes from smaXtec, which describes it as a small smart sensor that cows ...

Preventing mad cow disease is all about controlling what cows eat, but federal regulations are full of loopholes and enforcement is lax, according to consumer advocates and the government's own ...

Chad Kieffer, a third-generation farmer from Utica, Minnesota, has five milkers for his herd of 350 cows. The milkers are squat, patient, persistent workers. They hum around the mooing cows. They are ...

As dairy farms automate and scale up, milking can sound less like a quiet barn and more like a factory floor. Researchers are testing whether adding music back into that soundscape can change how cows ...

Evaluating BCS at various times of the year can also help producers gauge the genetic base of their herd.

A study from the University of British Columbia, published recently in the journal PLOS ONE, suggests implementing a “buddy system” for calves could be key to their cognitive development. The findings ...