Records requests reveal how industry groups and legislators approach plans to alleviate rising costs to operate dairy farms.

The state’s smallest dairy farms took the biggest hit during the slump as 18,349 farms with 49 or fewer cows were lost from 1987 to 2007, NASS data shows. After comprising 63.2 percent of all dairy ...

At one of the milking robots, several cows are lined up, nose to tail, politely waiting their turn. The cows can get milked by robot whenever they like, which typically means more frequently than the ...

Farmer’s greatest secret is making own feeds, proper farm management which has helped keep diseases at bay. When Gilbert Ngetich bought his first Friesian cow in 2009, little did he know that 10 years ...

Small family dairy operation in Richardson County wins reader voting for best cover story of the year among agricultural features.