In the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, Dr. Ondrej Becvar, a clinical instructor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, is working to provide proper hoof care to cattle locally and around the world.

“This is not going to happen in a vacuum. We’re not going to just decide to keep sending and sending refugees to Boardman,” Claudia Conner said. Conner, a director at the International Rescue Committee, made this comment at a community meeting in Boardman, Oregon.

Rick and Dan Reuter know a good cow when they see one. In a year when cows for sale have been plentiful, the Reuters agree that finding a good one – let alone 260 of them – was just as challenging as it’s always been.

“Working with cows is good because I am Hindu, and the cow is an animal to be seen with respect. Working with cows makes me happy,” says Indra Gautam, a refugee originally from Bhutan.

Editor’s note: This is the second of two articles that describes the struggles and experiences of an American dairyman managing a dairy in Kenya. “We in America don’t realize how far we are in front of the rest of the world. I have yet to work in a country that has farmers that understand agriculture like American farmers,” says dairyman Tom Dobler.

Editor’s note: This is one of two articles that will describe the struggles and experiences of an American dairyman managing a dairy in Kenya.

Ardath DeWall’s kitchen became the setting for part of an episode of the new American Agri-Women TV show.

On the fifth day of the nine-day hike to the base of Mount Everest, dairy veterinarian Dr. Lance Fox, laid his eyes on the peak that was poking above the clouds.

Brothers David and Charles Wiens now have more time to spend on herd management, have reduced annual operating costs, can do more management-oriented work with fewer people, and can spend more time with their families after automating their dairy in 2007.

As a veterinarian who now works in the field of nutrition, I have witnessed how critical veterinarians and nutritionists are as resources for the dairy producer. Their advice and insight work synergistically to keep cows healthy and productive throughout their life cycles.