The “dairy barn of the future” is rethinking animal welfare, technology, and transparency - giving cows the freedom to choose ...

The conference room at Iowa's Dairy Center consists of windows for viewing cows in the freestall barn as well as cows being milked by the new Lely robotic milking system. Midwest Dairy Association has ...

What happens when cows are allowed to decide for themselves whether they want to be indoors or outdoors? When calves grow up with their mothers, can visitors observe the animals, everyday life in the ...

PENNOCK - In 1953, Dolores and the late Don Youngren bought six spring heifers and started milking cows on their rural Pennock farm. Today, there are 380 cows on the third-generation Youngren dairy ...

< Overview of the ‘dairy barn of the future’ in winter – all cows are in the barn or outside. Copyright: © homebase² ...

I never thought that one of the most important tools on my family dairy farm was going to be our Wi-Fi connection. Like nearly everyone, my phone has become more than just a simple communication ...

MELROSE — Isaak Hinnenkamp wasn't going to become a farmer. That's what he said growing up in Melrose on a legacy dairy farm. Hinnenkamp, 34, left for college and stayed away for several years. But he ...