A Holstein named Krista was recently won a German beauty pageant for cows, defending the title she also won in 2009. What makes a cow worthy of taking home that trophy and giant cow-sized sash? Poise, ...

Teat size and udder suspension are essential traits related to cow productivity. The universal two-score system was developed ...

For nearly 70 years, Don McEvoy’s family has shown dairy cattle at the New York State Fair. This year he brought five of his best cows from his farm in Marathon, Mac-Mara Holsteins, hoping to win a ...

The Busch family also records individual udder scores at calving. When tagging the calf, they observe and score the cow’s ...