June is National Dairy Month. There are many consumers that do not understand modern agriculture and how technology has improved efficiency especially in the dairy industry. Dairying practices are ...

The process is smooth, continuous and efficient. Outside, Milky Way trucks are waiting 24/7 to deliver milk from the dairy — part of Threemile Canyon Farms — to Tillamook Cheese, which runs a ...

On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health experts say. On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, ...

Dairy farmer Rodney Elliott stands in a small room where part of his $12 million robotic milking system is doing its job. The robotic system is located inside a huge new barn on Elliott’s farm ...

The modern homesteaders behind Gold Shaw Farm attempt the challenging process of milking cows not typically used for dairy.

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. The Drumgoon Dairy in Lake Norden, S.D., is one of only a ...

New findings point to the milking process as a possible route of avian-influenza spread between cows — and from cow to human. Scientists had not previously suspected that cattle could easily become ...