Fitters at the World Dairy Expo help championship-caliber cows put their best hoof forward

At the World Dairy Expo in Madison this week, hundreds of fitters prepare cows for show with clippers, hair dryers, hoof ...
Idaho State Journal

Elba hoof trimmer helps cows put their best foot forward

Flakes and shavings from a cow’s hoof fly through the air and ping off Max Boden’s protective glasses while he gives a bovine pedicure. Guiding an electric grinder, he trims a Jersey cow’s hooves to ...
Reading Eagle

Hoof trimmer travels countryside keeping cattle on their feet

They call him the hoof trimmer. On dairy farms in Berks County and beyond, Jim Taranto is known by the name of his occupation: trimmer of cows’ hooves. Taranto, 58, of Skippack, Montgomery County, ...
Post Register

Elba hoof trimmer helps cows put their best foot forward

Flakes and shavings from a cow’s hoof fly through the air and ping off Max Boden’s protective glasses while he gives a bovine pedicure. Guiding an electric grinder, he trims a Jersey cow’s hooves to ...