Cows rely on their rumen microbiome to digest food and produce milk efficiently. Understanding these microbes could help ...

Modern dairy cows are milk-producing powerhouses—some yielding more than 50 kg a day. But all that productivity comes at a price: their mammary glands often suffer from inflammation and cellular ...

AgTech founder Julia Somerdin nearly closed her company in 2022. Today, her startup, Labby, works with farms to detect ...

The farm gets inspected—a lot—by third parties for food safety. For example, the USDA sends inspectors to the farm several times a year, which is standard practice in dairy farming. Milk is one of the ...

As consumers shy away from cow's milk for health, sustainability and other reasons, experts warn that plant-based options are not always nutritionally equal to what comes from the dairy farm.