Discover more about the digestive process of cows and feeding beef cattle, to cultivate a healthy herd on even the smallest homesteads. Beginning farmers usually do pretty well with gardens, chopping ...

Researchers have found that most biochar fed to dairy cows survives the digestive process and remains highly stable, meaning it could be applied to ...

In a pasture outside Edmonton, Canada, you’ll find a few dozen cows doing what cows do: mostly eating. The average animal spends eight-plus hours a day filling its belly, or as is the case with cows, ...

Cows' burps and farts speed up climate change, but a recent discovery from researchers in Australia could lessen the problematic cow gas and potentially reduce greenhouse gases by up to a whopping 99% ...

It takes two days to train a cow to milk itself. This may sound like a farmer’s utopia, but at Bakerview EcoDairy, a robotic milker is just one of many dairy farm innovations being put to use. Bill ...

Cows are notorious for chewing their cud, but did you know this is actually a key part of their digestive process? This chewing of cud, also called “ruminating,” is one feature of an interesting and ...

Lying down and chewing cud is a crucial part of a cow’s digestive process, new research has confirmed, rather than a sign of laziness. Cattle have evolved to graze without extensive chewing, in order ...