The Food and Drug Administration revealed last week that it had found traces of the bird flu virus in 20% of a nationally representative sample of commercially sold pasteurized milk. That announcement ...

A recent essay in The New York Times by Andrew Jacobs called "Is Dairy Farming Cruel to Cows?" has generated a lot of interest because more and more people in the general public—not only pro-animal ...

Mychal Wilmes recalls the personalities and problems he encountered with milk cows at his own farm and his neighbors', as well as the now known to be false tale of the cow that started the Chicago ...

Heat and drought are inflicting perilous strain on dairy cows across the globe, drying up their milk production and threatening the long-term global supply of everything from butter to baby formula.

Analysis finds Oregon’s concentrated mega-dairies produce as much waste as more than two-thirds of the state’s human population Analysis finds Oregon’s concentrated mega-dairies produce as much waste ...

Eduardo Porter and his readers on the environmental benefits of free-range beef. February 14, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. ESTToday at 1:00 p.m. EST Porter argued that pasture-raised, organic and grass-fed ...

The environmental impacts of animal farming – and how they might be mitigated or exacerbated by the passage of Measure J – are as hotly contested as other aspects ...

This is an interesting set of interviews about the possibility of pain-free factory farming and what it might mean that will be of interest to many people (Show 67) "This weeks programme is devoted to ...

Americans are eating more cheese and butter. That has dairy farmers scrambling to get their cows to produce fattier milk. The efforts include using different cow breeds and feed mixes, and making sure ...

For many, a quarter-acre of land may not be enough for any meaningful farming. But for Lawrence Njuguna, it is more than enough to keep 40 dairy cattle. After working as a primary school teacher for ...

It all starts with a cow. These gentle, grass-chewing giants are the foundation of an entire food system built on milk. When a dairy cow becomes pregnant around one year of age, she begins a ...