Dairy farming has gained currency in Kenya thanks to increase in population and demand for quality milk. This has necessitated the need for good breeds of dairy cows. A breed is a race or variety ...

The Simmental or Swiss Fleckvieh is reddish in colour with white markings, and is kept for milk and meat. There he was: The gorgeous beast — the well toned skin is wine red, it is neatly horned and ...

This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and Ambrook Research. At Vaqueria El Remanso, a small dairy farm west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the cows are different—they have a freshly shaven, ...

Some experts believe with the help of advanced genetics, polled cows are on their way to becoming the new face of the dairy industry and that they will provide most of our milk. They will be Holsteins ...

My regular readers know that I like to write about various aspects of history of the dairy industry. I am particularly interested in conservation efforts to protect the heritage breeds of dairy cows ...

MINOT, N.D. — When 4-H Achievement Days are held in Logan County, N.D., Sydney Kleingartner is in a class of her own: She’s the only 4-H’er in her county who shows dairy cattle. So, for most of her ...

A reader recently emailed me, saying that they were distressed about how modern dairies operate. I replied with some insights gleaned from my six decades’ worth of dairy experience. The majority of ...