Philadelphia, August 24, 2020 - Since 1960, Holstein dairy cows have exhibited a substantial decline in fertility, with serious economic consequences for farmers. Genetic selection programs in the ...

Willy Bokma and his family have a large dairy south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The cows are Holsteins, Jerseys and crossbreds. The crossbred and composite cows (part Holstein, part Jersey) are bred for ...

Chad Dechow, a geneticist at Pennsylvania State University who studies dairy cows, is explaining how all of America's cows ended up so similar to each other. He brings up a website on his computer.

Computer scientists have devised a methodology that can recognize Holstein cows in the milking station by the pattern of their coat using artificial intelligence. The long-term vision is to develop a ...

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The next time you're in the dairy aisle at the supermarket, take a moment to imagine the animals that produced all that milk. Do these cows have horns? Chances are they do, or at least they did at ...

Robert and Steph Trainor like a low-stress system on their Dannevirke farm, Ruanui Dairies.KATE TAYLOR / STUFF Cows wander slowly into the milking shed at Robert and ...

The majority of Lancaster County residents do not raise cows. But don’t you sometimes feel like, because you live among those who famously do, you should at least know what breeds of bovine you’re ...

At Kate Steensma’s farm, dairy cows may earn a name due to physical characteristics or personality traits. Steensma notes that one cow, Houdini, was a particularly memorable escape artist. Steensma is ...