The margin over feed costs calculated by USDA for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program fell to a record low in June

When Mike Ciresi goes to work every morning, he doesn’t settle in at a typical office. The dairy specialist isn’t even going to a processing plant or dairy farm

There are so many decisions to be made on a farm. While some require quick, on-your-feet thinking, other decisions are best made after a careful review of the situation and hopefully with some data to...

Many complex systems make up the lactating dairy cow. For years, scientists have studied the transition from the dry period to lactation — exposing one puzzle piece at a time to create an image of...

One would think that four decades’ worth of lessons would lead to some truths being learned. But as laboratory-based dairy imitators enter the marketplace, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

These days, some 1,000 artisanal and farmstead cheesemakers can be found from coast to coast

The costs to produce milk vary widely among operators in different geographical regions of the United States as well as on different-sized operations

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February has had widespread influence on the global agricultural community, stretching from fertilizer shortages and export restrictions that caused higher food...

The process to amend the pricing formulas in the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) continues to move forward

Roughly one-third of the food in the U.S. is wasted through the processing, retail, and consumer levels

People who purchase calves from other farms to raise put a lot of trust in the source farm. The care those calves receive before and immediately after birth can make a big difference in how successful...

I love looking back into my history of feeding cows and seeing things that we simply figured out by trial and error that years later have scientific explanations of why they work