The H5N1 bird flu virus has been around for decades, and the damage it wreaks on chickens and other poultry is well documented. But the recent discovery that the virus has jumped into dairy cattle — ...

Ag Awareness Week events include a documentary screening, local wine and food pairings and an opportunity for community ...

Cows are highly intelligent and deeply sentient and emotional beings with distinct individual personalities, and have been ...

COLMAN, S.D. — Elementary school classrooms across South Dakota now have the opportunity “adopt” a classroom beef cow. The Adopt-A-Cow Beef program is a spin-off of a previous South Dakota State ...

How a cattleman’s frustration with paperwork and a passion for innovation led to Herd Advisor — an app turning ranch talk ...

Cows have close companions that help them lower their stress levels, particularly in new or changing situations. Calves raised in pairs rather than on their own appear to show more positive growth and ...

When my daughter was ten years old, I dared her to put her hand in the stomach of a fistulated cow–hoping she would overcome the ick factor and learn something about cow digestion. If you have never ...