Donald Scherber bought a Minnesota dairy farm in 1958. His son, John, bought it from him in 1995 and will probably pass it down to his children. For decades, the family has made a living selling the ...

Milk checks have stayed thin for many U.S. dairy farmers over the past year, pushing many to look beyond the bulk tank for ...

If you have even just a few acres and space to keep a cow, with enough pasture area to provide her with grazing, a milk cow can supply your family with milk. This can be milk for drinking and/or ...

Running a dairy farm isn't easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - This school year, Eau Claire students are in for an ‘udderly’ good time with a fun addition to their classrooms. Discover Dairy’s ‘Adopt a Cow’ program is helping teach ...

The trackers, which stay in a cow’s stomach and collect data, can help farmers understand when their cows are feeling ill, or when they’re in heat.

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm attempt to milk a beef cow or die trying. Paris Hilton took out a mortgage on the $63 ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of ...

The H5N1 strain of avian influenza—commonly known as bird flu—has been circulating among wild migratory birds for the past two years, with substantial spillover into poultry farms. But what's sparking ...

One thousand pounds of Pennsylvania-made butter have formed a work of art celebrating the dairy farmers of the Keystone State and their cattle. The Pennsylvania Farm Show unveiled its annual butter ...