For years, dairy calves have been housed individually, primarily for disease prevention. However, there’s significant evidence showing calves benefit from group housing. Dr. Melissa Cantor, assistant professor of precision theory science, Penn State, said housing calves in pairs is becoming more pop...

Echo Farm Puddings in Hinsdale, NH, supplies flavorful puddings made from the milk of their 70 Milking Shorthorns and Jerseys. Echo Farm produces about 1.4 million lbs. of milk annually, more than they need for their puddings. The rest is sold to AgriMark. The farm is owned by first generation farme...

Veterinary epidemiologist Jason Lombard, DVM, Colorado State University, recently provided a review of what’s known, and unknown, about H5N1 in dairy cattle. “This outbreak has been in the U.S. for about three years,” said Lombard. “Multiple genotypes of influenza A have been circulating in livestoc...