MONEE, Illinois, May 4 (Reuters) - Farmer Luz Klotz straightened the brightly striped hair bow on Reba, a 1,600-pound heifer lounging on the ground under twinkling fairy lights. Teenager Joey Pachl, ...

Commercial milk is safe due to federal requirements and pasteurization. The law of supply and demand has shown for centuries that when the amount of a good in high demand dwindles, prices change ...

When Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza turned up in a Wisconsin dairy herd, it confirmed what many veterinarians had warned ...

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 ...

Meet Ziggi! He's a little Highland cowwho was just born and is already the cutest thing on the planet. The Caraballo Family Farm explained the story behind his name in his intro video, "The new face ...

If you are buying a calf to raise for beef (for your freezer, or to resell when it gets larger), it’s usually best to choose a steer. Not only do steers grow faster than heifers, but in general they ...

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 ...

Chet Mozloom, executive director at The Lands at Hillside Farms, in the field with the farm’s ‘retired’ cows. Funding from the Food Dignity RFSI grant will, in part, be utilized to acquire a ...