A new cow feed additive that promises to reduce methane emissions is being ridiculed by consumers. If your TikTok feed has been interrupted in recent weeks by clips of people pouring supermarket-bought milk down the drain, here’s the reason why they’re discarding their dairy. On 26 November, the UK’s largest dairy cooperative Arla Foods announced […]

1 year ago

Michael Holmes’ death was the third fatal cow trampling in a month A man was killed and his widow left paralysed when they were trampled by a herd of cows as they walked their daughter’s dogs during their lunch break, an inquest has heard. Michael Holmes was pronounced dead at the scene and his widow […]

3 years ago

Yes, you herd right!  Sitting on high chairs, “like in Baywatch”, a group of scientists observed cows at Neil Dyson’s Buckinghamshire farm – to see if they were happy. Yes, you herd right. Happy! For this experiment, the cows got dressed up – in Fitbits – while geo-locators on the ceiling tracked their movements and […]

4 years ago

It’s been a good year for cows Do you remember that giant cow? The really big cow? This one. That guy. That enormous, massive cow. That absolute unit. I thought it was the cow-related news story of the year at the time and whilst I still stand by that bold acclamation, even with 10 months […]

7 years ago

It is not photoshopped, it is just really, really big Say hello to Knickers, a 6 foot 4, 220 stone cow from Western Australia. Say hello to the news story of the year. Knickers is so big, in fact, that he has managed to avoid the slaughterhouse and will spend the rest of his gigantic […]

7 years ago

Udderly ridiculous

8 years ago