Cows were out foraging and eating from bales in the pasture on Jan. 8, 2024, at the farm where Derek Schmitz raises cattle near Cold Spring, Minnesota. Michael Johnson / Agweek Check out previous ...

PLATTEVILLE — The cows turning out “certified” milk for Aurora Organic Dairy will get a guaranteed 120 days in the rolling pastures here under federal rules taking effect in June. The change ...

He's planning to raise heifers on the pasture and sell them to Puerto Rico's existing dairy farmers, along with beef cattle. If it works, he says, the impact could be enormous.

Pasture is a more-rewarding environment for dairy cows than full-time housing, researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have concluded. The behaviour of 29 Holstein-Friesian cows was studied in ...

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Dairy cows are released into open fields for the lush summer pastures, freed from the stables which have been their homes for the long winter months, in Drottningholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 29 ...

The Hare Krishna community that operates the 350-acre farm has been producing milk for almost four decades but it wasn’t until 2013, when an investor provided $200,000 to help establish a micro-dairy, ...

Tall fescue adds to summer heat losses come in the form of less gain, weaker fertility and other health issues.

For example, cows under 600kg must have cubicles of a minimum of 2.4m by 1.15m, and above 600kg a cubicle of 2.5 by 1.20. When loose grazing, dairy cows must have eight metres squared per head for ...