If cow milking recalls a bucolic image of a farmer strolling out to the barn with a bucket and stool, then the 21st century will be a disappointment to those raised on James Herriot stories. A case in ...

It was billed as a scientific marvel – a kind of bovine carousel that transformed a backbreaking job — and people came by the busload to this small town south of Sydney to see it. But if the idea of a ...

DeLaval International, a large Swedish producer of dairy and other farming equipment, is installing 24 robotic voluntary – meaning the cows approach the stations on their own – milking machines at TDI ...

Is the Almond Cow nut milk maker worth it? Many choose almond milk over dairy to improve their health and reduce their carbon footprint. Still, buying cartons of almond milk leads to unnecessary trash ...

Dairy scientists are the Gregor Mendels of the genomics age, developing new methods for understanding the link between genes and living things, all while quadrupling the average cow's milk production ...

Ecologically, the cow has been central to Indian civilisation. The integration of livestock in farming has been the secret behind India’s centuries-old sustainable agriculture systems. Farm animals ...

Holsteins, the black-and-white-spotted dairy cattle, are known for their long, lanky limbs and calm temperaments. America's dairy farms are doing more with less. There are fewer dairy cows today than ...

A new study from the University of Sydney Dairy Research Foundation has found that robot-milked cows are calmer than conventionally milked animals. In early 2015 Ashleigh Wildridge began testing ...