November milk production took a tumble as milk volume fell nearly 1% nationally compared to the same month last year

The information below has been supplied by dairy marketers and other industry organizations. It has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hoard’s Dairyman. After more than a year of industry cons

Nominations for the 2025 World Dairy Expo® Recognition Awards are now being accepted through February 15, 2025. Each year, Expo honors dairy industry leaders in three different categories

Emma Townsend, LaFayette, Ind., has been crowned the 67th National Jersey Queen.Emma was presented with the Charlene Nardone Crown by outgoing National Jersey Queen Clancey Krahn, Albany, Ore

Holstein Association USA will implement a revised linear scale for scoring Stature into the Classification program beginning on December 1, 2024

Holstein Association USA has recently updated Official Holstein Pedigrees to include designation for animals carrying the Slick gene, when genetic test results are on file in the Holstein herdbook

I recently read a research paper appropriate for the frosty winter weather many readers will be facing in the coming months about how feed and water temperature may affect rumen temperature and the significance...

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In a recent Frontiers in Veterinary Science article, Penn State researchers discovered that a sugar solution may prove to have the same effects as treating certain diseases with antibiotics

Research telling us that long forage particles in the ration cause problems continues to accumulate

Among the issues that have plagued negotiations for a new farm bill for more than a year have been disagreements around spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

When the U.S. hay supply is in good shape, prices usually fall, and that was certainly the case in 2024

Doing more with less is the motto farmers this day in age seem to abide by as they aim to maximize production while also reducing input costs

During a Manitowoc County (Wisconsin) forage council meeting several years ago, I was invited to come out and talk about forage management strategies

The Raterink family wanted to pursue transitioning their dairy herd from a stanchion barn to automatic milking systems for labor reasons

2024 was a tumultuous year on the political front, and 2025 promises to be just as eventful on the policy front

Dairy replacement heifer numbers have fallen almost 15% over the last six years, reaching a 20-year low, according to the USDA

U.S. dairy exports are approaching record levels as consumer demand for dairy products in Mexico continues to outpace the country’s production

Dairy checkoff initiatives of 2024 successfully increased dairy access in schools, expanded market share for U.S. dairy products domestically and internationally and supported the industry’s longstanding...

Have you ever felt overwhelmed after reading the term "first-order fiber digestion kinetics" in a manuscript or textbook? I definitely have — several times!