Hard-working farmers tend to the land and their herds every day to produce fresh, nutrient-dense dairy foods to fuel our bodies and support healthy immune systems. Dairy farmers have made progress ...

For 2026 alone, 3,900 more cows have been culled each week on average compared to a year ago, resulting in year-to-date slaughter being 35,000 head or 7.5% higher than the year prior.

The USDA is set to release the February Milk Production data later this week. If on trend with 2025 and the first numbers ...

Since a new form of bird flu arrived in 2022, federal officials have sought to reassure Americans that the threat to the public remained low. By Noah Weiland Benjamin Mueller and Emily Anthes The ...

Sick dairy cattle in two central U.S. states have tested positive for bird flu, federal officials reported. As of Monday, the highly contagious pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) had been found ...

Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply of both beef and dairy cattle. Some 72% of dairy farms are now ...

Raising dairy cows delivers multiple benefits. Just one “bossy” contentedly chewing her cud in the lower 40–or even in a small backyard plot–can easily provide your family with all the milk, cheese, ...

Children with allergies feel "excluded" as milk alternatives aren't routinely given at schools.

Bird flu has been detected in cattle in several states. Its believed to be the first time the disease has infected dairy cows. Livestock in multiple states have tested positive for bird flu in recent ...

Michael Oosten’s grandparents were dairy farmers in the Netherlands and immigrated to California in the 1920s, starting their own dairy farm in Paramount in 1945 before relocating to bigger farms in ...

A powerful March storm buried parts of Wisconsin, leaving roads impassable and cutting off access to the Henschel dairy ...