HD Notebook

With milk per cow up over 450 percent since 1944, U.S. milk production has reduced its carbon footprint.

by Corey Geiger, Hoard’s Dairyman Managing Editor Read more

Farming’s biggest show takes the stage February 12-13-14.

by Dennis Halladay, Hoard’s Dairyman Western Editor Read more

While feeding high-forage diets has economic advantages, there are challenges inherent in its adoption.

by Amanda Smith, Hoard’s Dairyman Associate Editor

Time and resources limit teaching efforts. Contests should facilitate learning, not just provide scores.

by Patti Hurtgen,
Hoard’s Dairyman Online Media Manager Read more

Dodge’s Super Bowl commercial easily struck a cord with farmers across the U.S. But average Americans found a way to relate, too.

by Lucas Sjostrom, contributing editor

“On the 8th day,” Paul Harvey begins, “God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker.’”

With that, my Super Bowl party fell silent. Did yours? Read more

Only 193 of our nation’s 3,143 counties accounted for 75 percent of all milk production. Put another way, 10,000 farms produced 80 percent of the U.S. milk.

by Corey Geiger, Hoard’s Dairyman Managing Editor Read more

Awards celebrate what is already occurring on dairy farms.

by Dennis Halladay, Hoard’s Dairyman Western Editor

Excellence in what is not only possible for the production of superb quality milk, but what is already taking place on U.S. dairy farms, was celebrated January 29 at the 52nd annual National Mastitis Council (NMC) meeting in San Diego, Calif. Read more

Senate proposal lays out separate path for farm labor with immigration reform.

by Amanda Smith, Hoard’s Dairyman Associate Editor Read more

The long-standing county quota system has been eliminated.

By Patti Hurtgen,
Hoard’s Dairyman Online Media Manager Read more

The International Dairy Foods Association plans to introduce federal legislation to update some of these dairy standards.

by Corey Geiger, Hoard’s Dairyman Managing Editor Read more