A Holstein cow grazes lazily inside the barn at Rising Sun Dairy. The dairy's herd varies between 19 and 24 cows, depending on the season. TURNER, Ore. — On a chilly December morning in the Mid ...

The next year their first group of cows, around 800, used the newly finished 40-stall internal rotary. Their expansion continued in 2009, when Enchanted Dairy added half of a cross-ventilation barn.

But this practice of opening the barn door to the public is facing a new risk, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed bird flu in dairy herds in nine states.

STAFFORD — The winner of Genesee County's Conservation Farm of the Year in 2008 is becoming a rare breed: a small dairy farm without any outside full-time employees.

Dracut dairy farm finds new shelter for cows after snow brings down barn roof during storm By Ashley Soebroto Globe Correspondent,Updated March 15, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

Photo: Michelle Kuba Crown Point Farm and Dairy is at the end of a long, quiet road. It has two old, post and beam barns built in the mid-1800s. The pastures are a little overgrown on the edges.