These two pairs of dairy-born calves are learning the commands of working steers under 4-H teamsters Molly Potter and Rose DeFreitas, who are training them to pull as yoked teams. They’ll put their ...

Helena Kuoppala is a senior research technician at the University of Helsinki’s Viikki Research Farm, a 155-hectare working dairy farm located in the heart centre of the Finnish capital. Alongside ...

The farm itself was started by her father-in-law Andrew Wright, who was gifted two Jersey heifer calves for his 13th birthday. The entire current herd has been raised from those first two. "It started ...

Simple changes to water access after milking could help dairies better manage heat stress while supporting milk production ...

It all starts with a cow. These gentle, grass-chewing giants are the foundation of an entire food system built on milk. When a dairy cow becomes pregnant around one year of age, she begins a ...