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 ...

Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had more than 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40,” Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene ...

Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in ...

Raw milk is a drink that remains unregulated at the federal level, with individual states left to decide whether it's deemed safe for human consumption. As of right now, only eight states in the ...

This new dairy farm bill is an udder failure. Cityslicker state lawmakers from the Big Apple want to limit the number of cows on New York’s dairy farms – a green push that opponents argue would ...

California's biggest raw milk brand tested positive for bird flu. With a voluntary recall underway, the company has started sending out milk to be pasteurized. Raw cheese, kefir, and butter are still ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In December, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department reported that five house ...

Federal and state officials say pasteurized milk available in grocery stores is safe from bird flu but caution that raw milk is not. So how do you know what you're drinking is safe? The H5N1 bird flu ...

Wind down with us at the dairy as evening milking brings the day to a close. Soft barn lights, steady movements, and familiar routines create a calm and grounding atmosphere as the cows are milked and ...