DES MOINES — For nearly six decades, Lee Barber brought prize Brown Swiss dairy cows to the Iowa State Fair. Not this year. The reason: the bird flu outbreak racing through dairy herds across the ...

Susan Spadaro wasn’t expecting to get emotional about auctioning off 100 of her family’s Brown Swiss and 25 Ayrshire cows on Thursday. “We’ve just always had a passion and love for these animals and ...

If you ever needed proof that Switzerland takes rules, organization and animals very seriously, here it is even cows have ...

A cow transported by helicopter after its summer in the Swiss Alps near the Klausen Pass, August 27, 2021. ARND WIEGMANN / REUTERS Pastoral, pristine scenery, rolling pastures that seem greener and ...

BLATTEN, Switzerland — Last week, Birch Glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten broke off, causing a landslide that destroyed the village. A video from Reuters showed the massive amounts of rock, ...

I’m sweaty and panting hard by the time I reach the small chalet perched high in the Swiss Alps. But when I pause to catch my breath, I hear the faint jangle of cowbells — and smell the nutty, rich, ...

Norah Bechtel, 13, of Curryville offers a grain treat to Clinique, one of her Brown Swiss dairy cows competing at the 70th annual Morrisons Cove Dairy Show at Morrison Cove Park, Martinsburg. The show ...

Every year, as summer comes to a close, cows, goats and sheep who have spent their summer in mountain pastures on the Alps are herded back down to the safety and warmth of barns before the cold sets ...

Cows injured during their summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows got a jump on their healthier herdmates on August 27 when they got helicopter rides down the mountain. Reuters A dozen injured ...