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 ...

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 ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Dairy farming has been part of agriculture for thousands of years. This picture from the early 1900s shows the use of ...

The dairy industry is constantly in transition, as is the situation across the entire agricultural world. In order for smaller unit farms to survive, often they have to seek alternate solutions to ...

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 ...