With U.S. dairy cow numbers now at their highest level in 30 years, but replacement heifer inventories at a 20-year low, Geiger says producers may soon face tighter supplies of young cows despite ...
$1,500 or more for beef-on-dairy calves is reason to keep extra cows and breed them with beef semen, which limits dairy ...
Texas milk production is expected to continue growing in 2026, but at a slower rate compared to the previous 10 years.
As Western cattle migrate to the Upper Midwest, the 2026 market is defined by a massive regional processing boom and a ...
American dairy cows have quietly become butterfat overachievers—and that's now a bit of a problem, reports Sarah Zhang for the Atlantic. Thanks to intentional breeding (bulls are selected for their ...
But most importantly, mammal brains have adapted to make milk. When a dairy cow feeds its calf or gets milked, a chemical message zooms through its brain and body. That chemical message, oxytocin, is ...
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, ...
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 ...
Wisconsin has been keeping track of dairy farm numbers since 1950. At that time, there were 143,000 dairy farms in the state.