On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health ...

Charlotte is a prime example of the fact that horses are huge and intimidating, but if you ask anyone who actually has one, ...

A Swedish study developed an automated 3D pose estimation model to monitor dairy cow posture transitions, enhancing welfare ...

A dairy cow in a conventional United States dairy will on average spend between 7 to ... Regardless of where the sensor is positioned on the animal or the animal housing system on the farm (freestall, ...

Sleep is becoming the next frontier in dairy research, opening discussions and posing more questions regarding its impact on ...

“Farmers may be tempted to make easy adjustments, like moving neck rails or changing the feed bunk, but these fixes may not solve bigger issues with the stalls or the overall environment.” To improve ...

There was a time when rural folks co-existed with farm animals. Horses were used to plow and cows were milked by hand. This one-on-one interaction with animals gave people a real sense of ...

Dairy cows typically rest for 10 or more hours a day, so a dry, clean, and comfortable place—such as a freestall—to lie down and rest is essential for their health, well-being, and production ...

And the best place to rest is in our flexible free stall. Imagine you’re going to bed ... I wouldn’t go to bed if I could help it and likewise would a cow. Northern Farm Supplies design, manufacture ...

One key factor in whether stalls are comfortable for cows is the ease with which they can get up and down, so it is common on farms for staff to watch for abnormal rising behaviors as part of ...

A case of mad cow disease has been confirmed on a farm in Scotland. Atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, has been confirmed in a cow on a farm in ...