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 ...

Courtesy of Institute for Justice Small dairy farms across Oregon will no longer be subject to a state policy change some farmers say would’ve been too burdensome. The Oregon Department of Agriculture ...

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 ...

John Bailey started milking by hand at age 7 and took over the operation at 25. The reluctant Super Senior will soon turn 75.

Bob and Josh Hiemstra of Brandon, Wis., milk 120 Holstein cows and raise 135 beef-on-dairy cattle on their diversified farm in western Fond du Lac County. The 69-year-old father and 49-year-old son ...

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 ...

Cow cuddling, ice cream churning and farm tours are among the tactics dairy farmers are employing to compensate for low milk prices ...