In today’s world, there is a growing gap between the people who produce the world’s food and the consumer. Many consumers have no idea where their food comes from or how it is produced. The Penn State ...

A decline in dairy farms has left farmers looking for options with what to do with their empty barns. Some of them turn to a different type of cattle to fill the buildings, transitioning barns that ...

Where’s the rib-eye? Someday soon it might be grazing on a dairy farm. Meat from dairy cows, rarely valued in American kitchens and restaurants, usually becomes dog food and fast-food burgers. The ...

FERNDALE, Calif. — Dairyman Colton Brodt says the robots working at his dairy keep the cows happy. “We average right around 2.5 milkings per day,” he said. “It is a guided flow system so that cows can ...

NORSELAND — Now that all of their cows have come home, Jean Annexstad is back to serving tall glasses of freshly pasteurized milk at her family’s kitchen table. The rural Norseland farmers’ 200 ...