AG Week

'There isn't a healthier place for cows than out on the grass'

HOUSTON, Minn. ― Mike and Joan Gilles' dairy farm is unlike the majority of dairy operations just off of Interstate 90, because the cows are always out in the grass. The couple hosted a pasture walk ...

Smart Collars For Cows: How This 31-Year-Old Entrepreneur Is Transforming Cattle Farming

New Zealand unicorn Halter, founded by the son of farmers, Craig Piggott, is one of the fastest-growing players in the ...
Post Register

Meeks Farm growing more grass, no hay and more cattle

SMITH THOMAS For Farm & Ranch Jul 20, 2021 Jul 20, 2021 0 Ranchers in the West have typically grazed cattle on summer pastures — often in the mountains or desert rangelands near their ranch or on ...
Science Daily

Beef farming that keeps cattle on lifelong grass diets may have higher carbon footprint

Beef operations that keep cattle on lifelong grass-based diets may have an overall higher carbon footprint than those that switch cattle to grain-based diets partway through their lives, according to ...
The Star Press

Health benefits of organic, all-natural, and grass-fed farming abound

Editor's Note: The following is part of a class project originally initiated in the classroom of Ball State University professor Adam Kuban in fall 2021. Kuban continued the project this fall, ...
Time

How Cows (Grass-Fed Only) Could Save the Planet

On a farm in coastal Maine, a barn is going up. Right now it’s little more than a concrete slab and some wooden beams, but when it’s finished, the barn will provide winter shelter for up to six cows ...
St. Louis American

100% Grass-Fed Organic Dairy Benefits Consumers, Environment, Cows and Family Farms

(Family Features) While the difference between dairy alternatives such as oat, almond and other nut milks is easier to decipher, choosing between organic dairy varieties can be more difficult. Organic ...
Times Union

Can grass-fed cows save Hudson Valley’s small dairy farms?

When Sarah Chase returned from college to her family farm in Pine Plains, she wasn’t expecting to take after her parents and become a dairy farmer. “My dad had made it clear that dairy farming, ...
AG Week

Cows at Grassrich Dairy are almost always out to pasture

COLD SPRING, Minn. — Derek Schmitz wasn’t always successful in raising and milking dairy cows. The 29-year-old has worked to grow his understanding smack dab in the biggest dairy county in Minnesota — ...
Concord Monitor

Cows are growing, so is the grass

Miles Smith Farm practices rotational grazing to provide tasty grass for our cattle all summer. The grass is growing, but, so far, no calves have been born this year. Credit: Courtesy of Carole Soule ...
Seven Days

Grass Cattle Company Flips a Better Burger at the Burlington Farmers Market

Folks hitting up Grass Cattle Company‘s tent at the Burlington Farmers Market will find a menu of fresh-grilled, creatively topped, 100 percent grass-fed burgers for any time of the day. A farm egg- ...