DEARING - For the Holstein dairy cows at Hillcrest Farms, life is like living in a spa, thanks to the robotics installed less than a year ago. The black-and-white beauties wander at will under ...

Willy Bokma and his family have a large dairy south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The cows are Holsteins, Jerseys and crossbreds. The crossbred and composite cows (part Holstein, part Jersey) are bred for ...

Ryan and Karen Griffin moved about 400 miles north, from southern Minnesota, near Rochester, to a farm near Thief River Falls in 2005. Karen, left, Evelyn, Agnes, Curtis and Ryan Griffin, work ...

Since 1960, Holstein dairy cows have exhibited a substantial decline in fertility, with serious economic consequences for farmers. Genetic selection programs in the United States and elsewhere have ...

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 ...