Cows: More freedom may mean less milk Date: February 18, 2010 Source: BioMed Central Summary: "Free-stall," untied cattle in small herds produce less milk than cows tied to their stalls but have a ...

The system -- which knows when they were milked last and whether it was a complete milking -- directs them to a milking stall or a feed stall. “The cows love it. We love it,’’ says Mark Duffy.

DUBUQUE, Iowa — Stall designs commonplace in free-stall barns up until a few years ago are failing cows, says Nigel Cook, with the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. Failure ...

A dairy cow at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners rests on a stall with a waterbed at the new Pasture Dairy Research and Education Center. Once trained, the cows will be able ...

Our motto has always been, “Take care of the cows and they will take care of you.” Both of our operations have free-stall barns. One farm has a three-row barn with thick rubber mats that are ...

If a cow is sick or producing low-quality milk, the robot can tell immediately and separate it from the rest of the batch. Each cow will also be given a collar that works like an exercise watch ...

Researchers successfully trained 11 calves, such as this one, to urinate in a bathroom stall. Once the cow relieved itself, a window in the stall opened, dispensing a molasses mixture as a treat.

"Free-stall," untied cattle in small herds produce less milk than cows tied to their stalls but have a higher reproductive performance and suffer less teat injuries and metabolic diseases.

CARLISLE — The cows at Great Brook Dairy Farm live well. They're untethered, housed in a large, open-air barn (with inflatable walls for winter), roaming about at will. And they decide when it's ...