Long hours, unpredictable schedules and physically demanding work mean farmers and ranchers often put their own health last. Erin Martinez, a Kansas State University expert in adult development and ...

Concrete flooring helped dairies solve problems such as mud by moving cows into cleaner housing systems, but it also introduced harder walking conditions that require careful design and upkeep.

Early-life data is starting to catch up with adoption, showing crossbred calves deliver comparable growth and health without added management burden.

As the picket lines disappear, the focus returns to the production floor, ensuring the milk supplied by hundreds of upper ...

After corn silage comes off, dairy farmers will often consider seeding fields to winter rye as a cover crop. It’s an easy, ...

Brian Bledsoe of Brian Bledsoe Weather explains what’s driving the record heat, how long it may last and why it’s not a repeat of 2012.

From a violent collision to a forced recovery during a blizzard, one farm woman learns trading productivity for rest isn't a weakness, but a necessary act of grace and healing.

If you read the title and thought, of course, Artificial Insemination has a place on the dairy farm, you’re not alone. To me, the acronym AI still means Artificial Insemination. However, for those ...

A powerful March storm buried parts of Wisconsin, leaving roads impassable and cutting off access to the Henschel dairy operation, but the story takes a heartwarming turn as their young boys stepped ...

Within the lifetimes of many current U.S. dairy producers, artificial insemination (AI), sexed semen, embryo transfer (ETU), ovum pick-up (OPU), and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) all have evolved to ...

Known as the “butter run” or “churning and burning,” runners are making fresh butter while jogging. The trend began when two Oregon runners, Libby Cope and Jacob Arnold, wondered if the motion of ...