The outbreak of the bird flu virus in dairy cows across the United States was first officially reported toward the end of March. But scientists say the virus was actually spreading undetected as early ...

Cows have been domesticated for over 10,000 years. They’re cloven-hooved herbivores of the Bovidae family. We use them for everything from meat to milk to leather. They’re raised all over the world ...

He explained that transitioning to cattle requires significant time and money, including land conversion, fencing, facilities ...

Larger cows must wean heavier calves to justify higher maintenance costs. Track individual productivity for better decisions.

In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an ...

CASTRO COUNTY, Texas – The aroma of cow manure rode the spring breeze, as it always does in this stretch of Texas panhandle, where the wind lifts an endless fog of microscopic particles that infuse ...

Great news for vegans: The cost of beef has skyrocketed, and President Donald Trump has made American cattle ranchers hoof-stomping mad with policies that appear decidedly America-last. That would ...

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 herd mentality can be contagious. One member of the herd freaking out can set off a chain reaction that casts the entire herd into mayhem, even when something minor incites it. That was the case ...

A genetically modified cow has produced milk containing human insulin, according to a new study. The proof-of-concept achievement could be scaled up to, eventually, produce enough insulin to ensure ...