It takes a lot of hours and manpower to run a dairy farm. It also takes a lot of energy

When a cow has a difficult calving that requires assistance and a tough pull, what steps should be taken for the calf and the cow to get both off on the right foot?

I was thinking back and wondering if I had ever written about managing urine pH in close-up dry cows

Late gestation is one of the critical points of pregnancy when any positive or negative event that occurs can cause long-term effects on the fetus after birth

Nothing ever stays the same, and if we look at agriculture and beyond, the world has undergone tremendous change over the last two centuries

Research related to the needs of transition cows has identified calcium as critical to the period following calving, particularly for cows in their second or greater lactation

You may be familiar with the 2020 “Capper and Cady study” that published scientific-backed results of dairy’s environmental success

The business of producing milk has always been about doing more with less, said Brandon Treichler during the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting

When USDA released its data on the number of dairy farms licensed to sell milk in 2023, it came as a surprise to no one that there were fewer farms milking cows than there had been the year before

Looking forward to this year’s growing season, farmers often wonder what kind of weather challenges they will face

Colostrum, more than anything else, influences calf health and survival prior to weaning, said Sabine Mann during a Cornell Cooperative Extension webinar

Even as an election looms on the horizon, USDA will soon develop its Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) modernization recommendations after months of proceedings