As dairy farms automate and scale up, milking can sound less like a quiet barn and more like a factory floor. Researchers are testing whether adding music back into that soundscape can change how cows ...

Dairy cows typically rest for 10 or more hours a day, so a dry, clean, and comfortable place -- such as a freestall -- to lie down and rest is essential for their health, well-being, and production ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A groundbreaking study has quantified, for the first time, the extent of heat stress endured by cows in South ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Raymond Sirma, manager at Makongi Farm, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Dear Daktari, I am ...

Domestic cows (Bos taurus) are consumed worldwide as beef and veal, kept as dairy product producers, employed as draft animals in labor, and are used for a long list of other products, including ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Are cows more likely to lie down the longer ...

A Journal of Dairy Science study has taken a step toward validating a 3D pose estimation method for monitoring the ease with which cows can get up and down in their cubicles, offering a new assessment ...

Dear Daktari, I am Jackson Musyoka from Machakos. After retiring from my military service, I have embarked on serious dairy farming. I spend the whole day with my cows, enjoying their graceful grazing ...