Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals with four compartments in their digestive system that let them re-chew and ...

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 ...

CALMAR, Iowa (AP) -- How much wattage is there in a cow? Dan Meyer figures about 100 watts. While most people look in a dairy barn and see cows, Meyer, an agricultural engineer for Iowa State ...