In the barn at Great Brook Dairy Farm, farmer Mark Duffy and his wife use the robotic DeLaval Voluntary Milking System, manufactured in Sweden, to milk lactating cows. Animals wear transponders ...

The value of housing for dairy cows is a frequent topic of discussion. Some believe a low cost, low input production system (like blue sky housing), will lead to a more favorable bottom line than ...

A fire destroyed the dairy barn at Flaggy Meadow Farm, and now the Youngs must decide the future of their family business.

About half of Minnesota’s roughly 3,200 dairy farms keep tie-stall barns, said Jim Salfer, regional educator for the University of Minnesota Extension Dairy Program.