Cow tipping isn’t real and other myths about farm life

Photo: A few of the 60 or so Holstein dairy cows at the Dunnum Family’s Top of the Town dairy farm near Westby in Vernon County, Wisconsin – 2016. Photo credit: Carol M. Highsmith via the Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication. Article by Justin Pot. Popular Science – June 14, 2026.

I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Ontario, a fact that occasionally surprises people I know. I guess I don’t come across as a farm kid. These days I live in a city and occasionally hear people confidently talk about the reality of farm life in ways I know are flat out wrong. Here are a few common myths and misconceptions about farms, along with the scientific truth. […]

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