Modern dairy cows are milk-producing powerhouses—some yielding more than 50 kg a day. But all that productivity comes at a price: their mammary glands often suffer from inflammation and cellular ...

FOR Region Five cattle farmer Sean James, cattle rearing is not merely an occupation; it is a legacy shaped by memory, discipline and deep respect for the ...

The beef and dairy industries have been popular targets of criticism when it comes to the sustainability of livestock farming. But an ongoing initiative at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of ...

Each year, New Zealand imports about 2 million tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE), a by-product of palm-oil processing in Indonesia and Malaysia, to feed dairy cows, at a cost of NZ$800 million. But ...

Beneath the lush, evergreen trees that ring his modest homestead in Kirangira Village, Mukono District, James Mugerwa is quietly redefining what a smallholder dairy farm can be. With just four milking ...

Mothurapur village, under Chatmohar upazila of Pabna, has transformed over the past two decades from a poverty-stricken settlement into a bustling hub for dairy cow trading. Life in the village was ...

To the editor: In an op-ed article wonderfully jam-packed with distressing information about modern dairy farming, Peter Lovenheim acknowledges, “The way we exploit and abuse dairy cows as females can ...