Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...

With their pre-dawn milking done, about 80 cows ramble into the dewy pastures of the Paris Family Farm in Belleville, Wisconsin, to graze. “This is a much better sound than turning on a tractor,” says ...