When Scott Nickell, corporate fleet manager, described Prairie Farms as “the biggest small company you’d ever want to be around,” it required some explaining. What he meant, however, quickly became ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski, R-Canisteo, speaks on the Assembly floor earlier this legislative session. Sempolinski is concerned that legislation introduced in March aiming to ban new permits for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...