Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals with four compartments in their digestive system that let them re-chew and ...

When my daughter was ten years old, I dared her to put her hand in the stomach of a fistulated cow–hoping she would overcome the ick factor and learn something about cow digestion. If you have never ...

Food waste is a fact of life, whether it be at home or during production. If a cookie manufacturer added baking powder instead of baking soda to its batter, that whole industrial batch of cookies ...

Discover how cows can help combat global warming through diet changes that reduce methane production from their digestive bacteria. Since January, cows at 15 farms across Vermont have had their grain ...