Hoard's Dairyman Intel is an e-newsletter resource for the dairy industry. Headline news, market insights, dairy policy updates, and so much more are featured in each issue. If you would like Intel to arrive in your inbox on Monday and Thursday, subscribe by clicking this subscribe link. Feb. 20 2025
First only set aside to be celebrated one day a year, National FFA Week has had agriculture students celebrating the seven days around George Washington’s birthday since 1947
Feb. 20 2025
Lameness remains one of the top health issues dairy farms battle, and it is also a serious animal welfare concern
Feb. 17 2025
The genetics of the U.S. dairy herd has improved incredibly over the years
Feb. 17 2025
“Just because an udder is not lactating doesn’t mean it’s not doing anything,” said Ben Enger during the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting
Feb. 17 2025
There is a list of nutrients that are considered required to help ruminants perform bodily functions properly
Feb. 17 2025
In the same week that fairlife was featured in Bloomberg as a continued rising star and “crucial” to owner Coca-Cola’s pivot from sugar, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) announced their...
Feb. 13 2025
The transition period receives the attention of the entire dairy industry because of the dramatic and intense changes that cows undergo
Feb. 13 2025
Eric Traupe has been at the table in the situation room with U.S. presidents and has sat across from kings and prime ministers during his 30-plus-year career stint working for both the CIA and U.S. Marine...
Feb. 13 2025
An animal’s ability to regularly, completely, and rapidly let down its milk in response to a proper milking routine is termed its “milkability.”
Feb. 13 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza. H5N1. Bird flu. Regardless of what you may call it, this virus has posed significant challenges to dairy farmers over the past year
Feb. 10 2025
In the world of artificial intelligence and automation, long-time team leaders will tell you it also takes a group of diverse and capable people to reach business success goals
Feb. 10 2025
As much as we try to avoid having sick cows, at some point or another, we will experience a cow that is feeling under the weather
Feb. 10 2025
Is it realistic to talk about a future where we have eliminated highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S. dairy herd?
Feb. 10 2025
The following benchmarks have come up in discussions over the past two months: income over feed costs, cost per pound of dry matter, feed conversion efficiency, yield per acre, milk per ton, etc
Feb. 6 2025
Much has been written about the yield and quality differences among various grass species, but farmers planting forage grasses either as a companion crop with alfalfa, or as a pure stand, should pay attention
Feb. 6 2025
Plant-based milks, such as soy and almond products, are dairy milk’s biggest imposters, often served with the same promised benefits as cow’s milk
Feb. 6 2025
Cows will naturally go through a negative energy balance when they enter into lactation as their body adjusts from the dry period into milk production
Feb. 6 2025
President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance have now taken their oaths of office, and the 119th Congress has been seated
Feb. 3 2025
The word mycotoxin is often talked about in the same way that one would talk about bad news — and it can be for dairy farmers
Feb. 3 2025
With growing evidence linking high sugar intake to chronic health issues, the dairy industry is working to reduce sugar in its products
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