But technology is altering that dynamic. On the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan’s top dairy-producing region, Kawaguchiya transformed the 20-cow farm he inherited from his father-in-law 16 years ...
Today’s cows are like high-performance athletes which makes them more sensitive to negative aspects of their environment or management. Lameness is an important animal welfare and economic issue on ...
A variant of H5N1 bird flu that has circulated widely in wild birds — and in several instances led to severe illness in humans — has turned up in dairy cattle for the first time. The findings ...
Herd of cows eating hay in a dairy farm. STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock There have been a total of 957 confirmed cattle infections in 16 states, with 36 new infections in the last 30 days in California ...
Modern technology has transformed Hugh Harbison's family farm in Aghadowey in County Londonderry. His cows wear electronic collars so he can monitor how active they are and when his best producers ...
A Japanese restaurant in Dubai frequented by Arab royalty will hold a beef fair featuring cuts from a championship cow that sold for 30.32 million yen ($194,000) at auction in Japan. The full ...
Researchers aren’t sure how the D1.1 variant was transmitted to the Nevada cows. Dairy farmers with infected herds reported large die-offs of wild birds near their farms before their cows got ...