On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health experts say. On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, ...
The H5N1 bird flu virus has been around for decades, and the damage it wreaks on chickens and other poultry is well documented. But the recent discovery that the virus has jumped into dairy cattle — ...
If you were ever to meet my friend Carol, it would become immediately evident the immense pride she has in her family’s small dairy farm on the Oregon Coast. Carol’s family has spent generations ...
Scientists found that contaminated milking equipment can harbor the H5N1 virus for more than an hour, increasing the risk of dairy farmers getting infected. When you purchase through links on our site ...
Mom and Dad had a small place North of Arthur, Nebraska, in the heart of the Sandhills of Nebraska. Dad's place wasn't quite big enough to make a living by ranching cattle, so they supplemented their ...
What happens to the dairy farms that stop milking and sell off their cows? That’s an important question in Vermont, where the number of dairy farms continues to plummet and interest in saving the ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Dairy farming has been part of agriculture for thousands of years. This picture from the early 1900s shows the use of ...
It's been voted the best cheese in the world, and is served on a World's Best Award-winning airline. Courtesy of Singapore Airlines It's a Friday afternoon, and I'm standing next to four Singapore ...
Equipping a farm with a milking parlor requires moving groups of cows from their pens to the part of the barn where milking takes place. The task of moving cows, carried out two or three times each ...
As our climate changes, so will our diets. Fix is exploring that reality through the lens of foods that show what sustainable, equitable, and resilient eating could look like. Try them yourself with ...
When Idaho state Rep. Jack Nelsen (R) introduced himself to the House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday, he attempted to make a joke about his 45 years of experience in dairy farming. “I’ve milked a ...
When you imagine the CEO of a company, you might see her wearing pressed suits and hear her polished shoes clicking across hard marble floors. You may not picture overalls smelling of hay or fresh ...