As calving season looms in the not so distant future, the first things that come to my mind is considering plans for pre-calving vaccination of pregnant cows, and thinking about controlling calf ...

They carefully breed their cows, selecting the best bloodlines, to develop the best milk producers. On a cold Sunday morning in February, the same barn Stanley Wratten built himself was lost in a ...

Have functional udder, feet and legs. Be resistant to health problems and mastitis. If a cow has these traits, she should have a long productive life. Trouble-free cows are often unrecognized by ...

In the U.S., dairy cows are almost exclusively raised for dairy production. The exception is male calves, sold to the beef industry and raised for veal or beef. Once a dairy cow’s milk productivity ...

Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds. Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in ...

There are a range of diseases affecting dairy cows with different impacts on welfare, productivity and profitability. Understanding what might be circulating in your herd is a vital first step in ...

Cows are some of the most easily recognizable animals on the planet. We rely on them for food, milk, and leather. There are many different breeds of cows across the world, and they vary in size.

Courtesy Volunteer Fire Company of Western Courtesy Volunteer Fire Company of Western Crews immediately began digging through the rubble to free the cows. Several cattle were successfully located ...

Livestock prices improved at most Australian saleyards this week, but it was the processor demand for mutton and cows that really stood out. Meat and Livestock Australia's (MLA) National Livestock ...

A lifelong dairy farmer in Oneida County is crushed by the loss of an estimated 60 mostly pregnant cows after a barn recently collapsed under feet of snow. “Ever since the first four days of January, ...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Vt. (WCAX) - A barn collapse killed at least half a dozen cows in Williamstown Monday morning. Shards of a metal roof rattled in the wind Tuesday -- all that was left of the Graham ...