When the Lake County Fair opens July 24, a new feature in Barn No. 2 will give visitors a clearer picture of where milk comes from. Some plumbing and drainage work needs to be finished but otherwise a ...

MAYNARD, Iowa - Scott and Gary Wedemeier couldn't be more pleased with the new parlor on their Maynard dairy farm. "Every time I milk it's so relaxing and so comfortable for me and the cows," Scott ...

BAZETTA — Jessamyn Moon of Warren says that having grown up in the farming areas of Johnston and Green townships in northern Trumbull County has given her an appreciation for the hard-working people ...

Milking parlor tours were conducted by Thorson in March to help educate dairy farmers about ISU's low-cost parlor options and to get them to start thinking about flows - how the cows will flow through ...

Making it to the Minnesota State Fair with your family in tow can be a feat in and of itself. Imagine bringing along your family, 15 cows and two calves to stay for the full 12 days of the Fair, plus ...

After a hiatus last year to prevent the spread of avian flu, the milking parlor at the Iowa State Fair Dairy Barn is back in 2025. The return of the milking equipment was met Thursday, Aug. 7, by ...

Dairy cows accustomed to traditional stanchion barns might be a little edgy the first time they are introduced to a new milking parlor, says Ken Bolton, University of Wisconsin Extension dairy and ...

EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. TWO POPULAR STATE FAIR ATTRACTIONS WILL NOT OPEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF BIRD FLU CONCERNS. THE MILKING PARLOR AND THE I MILKED A COW EXPERIENCE WILL STAY CLOSED. KCCI IS MARCUS ...

Equipping a farm with a milking parlor requires moving groups of cows from their pens to the part of the barn where milking takes place. The task of moving cows, carried out two or three times each ...