Running a dairy farm isn't easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I ...

Owners of a large Addison County dairy farm already found liable for polluting a neighbor’s land want to expand, raising concerns that increased runoff could damage a public water supply and worsen ...

Riverview Farms, from Morris, Minnesota, schemes to build large dairy facilities housing 12,500 and 25,000 cows near Abercrombie and Hillsboro, North Dakota, respectively. On Jan. 3, Riverview ...

PETALUMA — The chickens on Mike Weber’s farm live in coops, not cages. Their care has earned an official “Certified Humane” designation. Their organic poop, treated with solar-powered dryers, is ...

Growing up, virtually every rural farm had at least one Jersey milk cow. The Jersey resembles a large deer, both in color and size, with large, soft eyes and a gentle demeanor that make them ideal for ...

Environmental advocates are legally challenging a permit issued to a large dairy farm in southern Wisconsin which has been ...

ALGOMA, Wis. (WLUK) -- June is Dairy Month in Wisconsin, and while the industry evolves with the changing times, the heart of dairy farming remains the same. Lonnie Fenendael, co-owner of El-Na Farms ...

Dave Buck of Guardians Farm in Southbury admits that being a dairy farmer is not easy, as high operating costs and inflation make turning a profit more difficult, but he said dairy farming is a labor ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Each of the 5,819 dairy cows at VDS Farms in Kalamazoo County produces 60 pounds of manure a day. That adds up to 350,000 pounds of poop a day. And more than 60,000 tons of ...

Arizona's dairy industry began expanding in the 1970s, its growth spurred by advances in maintaining cooler surroundings for the cows. Although large corporate operations have moved into the state, ...

A number of New York dairy farms achieve low greenhouse gas emissions due to sustainable management practices like growing a high proportion of their own feed and making the most of manure, according ...