Dairy farms have expanded steadily since the 1970s and now compete for economic strength with beef cattle operations.

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Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply ...

Across Latin America many dairy cows and beef cattle are raised in an "unproductive ... "Never as good as the forest," she ...

Arizona's dairy industry began expanding in ... contribute to climate change and deny animals access to open pastures. Critics call farms with over 500 cows "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations ...

feeding first on mother’s milk and then pasture. Only later do they enter a feedlot—which is still outdoors—for a final six months of fattening (“finishing”) on high energy feeds. Dairy cows in the ...

While NYC’s cow tunnels are perhaps the most famous, they were not unique to the metropolis. Around the world, farmers and ...

The adults set up lunch nearby, ending a morning of moving cattle between pastures. The Brown family owns a ranch ... there were 970,000 cows and calves in Arizona across the beef and dairy industries ...

While dairy genetics are moving forward, so is the process of farming. "The pasture gets hot," Richard said, adding that hot, stressed cows give less milk. In today's more modern, "big herd ...

Prioritizing worker's sleep ultimately benefited the worker, the farm, and the cows. More information: L.S. Hall et al, An exploration into the sleep of workers on block-calving, pasture-based dairy ...