For cattle farmers and ranchers, feed represents the largest ongoing operating expense. Whether raising dairy cows for milk production or fattening up beef ...

Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a second version of the avian influenza virus that is different from the one rampaging through herds since the spring, Agriculture Department officials ...

From results of USDA’s national milk program, they confirmed 993 cattle infections within 16 states, first coming from Nevada ...

Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the ...

Milk has long been a mealtime classic, standing the test of time across cultures. Believe it or not, people have been ...

Monitoring what’s happening at the pen level, rather than for individual dairy cows, is proving to be the best approach for producers with more than 1,000 cows. It allows them to prevent and predict ...

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

Jayne Sebright, executive director for the Center for Dairy Excellence, analyzes the dairy industry's transition from heifer ...

Cow comfort is important to milk production, milk quality, reproductive efficiency, and health of dairy cows. A cow’s housing and management can affect her comfort. There are economic consequences to ...

Local farmers and the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) are taking precautions to ensure the ...

A Walmart was stunned to find that Great Value offers twice as much milk as other brands. But the farmer says it's justified.

The disclosure that dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows, has put virologists and researchers on high alert. Among other things ...