Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals ...

COLD SPRING, Minn. — Derek Schmitz wasn’t always successful in raising and milking dairy cows. The 29-year-old has worked to grow his understanding smack dab in the biggest dairy county in Minnesota — ...

HOUSTON, Minn. ― Mike and Joan Gilles' dairy farm is unlike the majority of dairy operations just off of Interstate 90, because the cows are always out in the grass. The couple hosted a pasture walk ...

Organic dairy farmer Ron Holter cuts to the chase to explain why he made the “moral decision rather than financial” to switch his herd to pasturing on grass instead of crunching on grains. “God ...

TOPSHOT - A photo taken on May 31, 2018 shows a cow eating grass on a dairy farm near Cambridge. New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's largest dairy cooperative, posted its first-ever annual loss on ...

The meat and dairy industries love to use terms like “farm-raised,” “organic,” and “grass-fed.” Unfortunately, most of these labels can be used to give the illusion of a healthy, ethical product. The ...

How ardently do cows love going out to pasture? Quite a lot, it seems. As detailed in a recent paper in Scientific Reports, researchers came up with a scheme to measure how driven cows were to either ...

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Consumer demand for milk and meat from grass-fed cattle is growing, driven mostly by perceived health benefits and concerns about animal welfare, according to a study published Feb.