Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals with four compartments in their digestive system that let them re-chew and ...

While feedlots are incentivized to push for record weights, ranchers are feeling the strain of larger, high-maintenance cows.

Tracking system could make it easier to trace and check spread of disease. The Department of Agriculture today announced plans to develop an enterprise architecture for a national system for tracking ...

AT&T is using its 5G network to power a unique type of connected device designed specifically for dairy farmers. The hardware comes from smaXtec, which describes it as a small smart sensor that cows ...

A few days at the start of the breeding season can determine not just this year’s calf weights but also the long-term ...

CALMAR, Iowa (AP) -- How much wattage is there in a cow? Dan Meyer figures about 100 watts. While most people look in a dairy barn and see cows, Meyer, an agricultural engineer for Iowa State ...