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Nov. 11 2024
The headline consumer price index (CPI) continues to coast back toward the target inflation range of 2%, but consumers are experiencing stronger inflation in their butter prices heading into the holiday...
Nov. 11 2024
Taking a page out of Colorado’s book, USDA will start testing bulk raw milk around the country for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
Nov. 7 2024
As beef prices reach new heights, beef-on-dairy breeding in the dairy industry shows no signs of slowing
Nov. 7 2024
Phosphorus feeding levels for transition cows has been a topic of discussion for some time now as our previous standards have been challenged with new research
Nov. 7 2024
If butterfat levels were tracked using a grade point average (GPA), the U.S. dairy industry would earn its very first 4.0-plus butterfat grade point rating in 2024
Nov. 7 2024
U.S. trade policy has changed significantly since the United States last passed a new free trade agreement (FTA), all the way back in 2011
Nov. 4 2024
For more than 100 years, Dairy Council of California has been serving the dairy community with an aim to elevate health
Nov. 4 2024
There are varying opinions on if and when to feed hay to calves
Nov. 4 2024
People enjoy traditions, but today’s consumers also want and need more from their food products
Nov. 4 2024
Transition cows go through many physical changes in the three weeks before calving and the three weeks after
Oct. 31 2024
While dairy farmers may be considering sustainability-focused solutions such as cover cropping, conservation tillage, and best management practices for manure application and manure-based products, a key...
Oct. 31 2024
In the U.S., 97% of households buy cheese, 93% purchase butter, 92% buy milk, and 82% purchase yogurt
Oct. 31 2024
In our industry, we often use the terms “diet” and “ration” interchangeably
Oct. 31 2024
The first official confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy cattle in the state of California came in the second half of August
Oct. 28 2024
Achieving success in your breeding program isn’t something that just happens overnight
Oct. 28 2024
Fall always welcomes more cases of lameness in dairy herds. Anecdotally, it can be associated with long days of standing on concrete in the summer and additional wet hoof scenarios caused by sprinklers...
Oct. 28 2024
It’s just as important to not miss the forest for the trees as it is to not view milk production as the sole baseline for cow productivity
Oct. 28 2024
It's great to be in Phoenix today, back with you talking about an industry that is probably the hardest industry in the world, but it's one that we're all passionate about and we all love
Oct. 24 2024
With our increasingly challenging climate and precipitation patterns, tile drainage has become more important than ever for farms to minimize the annual variation in yield and quality of field crops and...
Oct. 24 2024
Dry cow protocols have largely been standardized throughout the last few decades
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