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 — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The meat and dairy industries love to use terms like “farm-raised,” “organic,” and “grass-fed.” Unfortunately, most of these ...

Animal-product labels at the supermarket can be dizzying. Among them is "grass-fed" beef, which informs us that the cow has eaten mostly or exclusively grass throughout its lifetime—unlike traditional ...

Grass‑fed dairy is now table stakes but standards differ. Here's how New Zealand and Ireland's definitions compare, and why ...