Cow comfort is important to milk production ... based free stalls had a 10 percent higher prevalence of lameness compared to deep-bedded stalls with sand. Herds using deep-bedded recycled manure ...

For centuries, nutrient-rich animal manure has been used to enrich the soil and boost crop production. Traditionally, cow and horse manure were the most readily available options. However ...

That methane is released through belching and farting, and on average, a single cow can produce about 200 pounds of it per year. The gas is also released by manure, and livestock accounts for ...

Cow burps, gas and poop. Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to gather better data on the scale and scope of methane emissions released by dairies and feedlots in the state.

A 911 caller told dispatchers that the fire was near a manure barn connected to a chicken barn. Video shown on News Center 7 at 6:00, showed how bad the smoke conditions were when firefighters got ...

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October is traditionally calf weaning and cow culling month for spring calving operations. At cow culling time, producers often face some tough decisions. Optimum culling of the herd often seems to ...

If you have excess dairy manure or are providing manure to a neighboring farmer supplying you with forage, it’s important to know a ballpark figure of what that manure is actually worth. The ...

A new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows. By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form ...

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 ...