DURHAM. JENNIFER: MEET RUBY, A 1200-POUND UNH DAIRY COW, AND HER ONE WEEK OLD CALF, BE-RIBBONED FOR A BARNYARD THANK YOU, TO EMERGENCY CREWS WHO SAVED HER LIFE JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. MARK: SHE GOT ...

Mainstream dairy farming requires that calves are separated from their mothers soon after birth, but one farm business, the Ethical Dairy, is employing a more natural route. David and Wilma Finlay ...

For a cow to make milk, a calf must be born — a basic law of biology that many people don’t know. And for humans to drink her milk, the cow’s baby must be taken away.

In March 218, the Scottish Farmer met with Dumfries and Galloway-based organic dairy farmer David Finlay who had recently launched The Ethical Dairy – making the decision to transition to a ...

However, farmer Casha Bowles-Jones said her "cow and calf" dairy could be at risk unless she can raise money by selling some of the land to the community.

The typical dairy cow in the United States will spend its entire life inside a concrete-floored enclosure, ... Mr. Chittenden with a new calf, one of the 1,500 Jersey cows on his farm.

The cow-with-calf system. The Finlays herd is based on a three-way cross of Holstein, Swedish Red and Montbeliard. The cows are kept in two groups – one calving in October/November and the other ...