Vernon Stout did not set out to create one of the state’s most unique tourist attractions when he brought Scottish Highlander cows to his 50-acre farm in the Lake Shore community of Utah County. The ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. In a building on the edge of Cornell ...

A back scratching bovine has forced scientists to reassess the intelligence of cattle. Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented ...

Cows have close companions that help them lower their stress levels, particularly in new or changing situations. Calves raised in pairs rather than on their own appear to show more positive growth and ...

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 ...

It’s easy to get caught up in all the new techniques and tools when it comes to managing a cow herd, but it’s worth taking a look at the most basic part of the cow herd—the cow—and what she needs to ...

How might the recent spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HAPI) H5N1 virus among dairy cattle affect the practice of paying a farm, an animal sanctuary or some other keeper of cows for the ...