Since 1960, Holstein dairy cows have exhibited a substantial decline in fertility, with serious economic consequences for farmers. Genetic selection programs in the United States and elsewhere have ...

Brian Fust grew up on the dairy farm he and his family operate just east of Wausau, Wis., in Marathon County. He is the ...

High milk yields are a source of pride for the Sychi dairy farm, which is part of one of the country’s best enterprises – the ...

The family-run dairy north of Thief River Falls markets and milks red and white Holstein cattle, a unique dairy breed that co-owner Ryan Griffin learned about nearly 30 years ago when he was a high ...

The amount and composition of milk produced by dairy cows appears to be more regulated by internal, annual biological rhythms than by environmental factors such as heat and humidity, according to ...

A reader recently emailed me, saying that they were distressed about how modern dairies operate. I replied with some insights gleaned from my six decades’ worth of dairy experience. The majority of ...