The National FFA Organization has announced an addition to their endorsed Career and Leadership Development events: The Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest

A hoof condition that has been nearly eradicated from the cow population is now showing up in heifers

Each year, herbicide performance is influenced by weather, and spring 2025 has brought concerns related to dry conditions in the Midwest

June Dairy Month is the perfect time to celebrate the contributions of Wisconsin’s dairy farm families and the entire dairy community

At this spring’s California Dairy Sustainability Summit, methane was on everyone’s mind — and it looks like dairy farmers are well on their way to achieving the state’s reduction...

The market sentiment was bearish on U.S. cheese for the first half of 2025, but the reality is playing out stronger than expected

With cattle supply on a downward trend across the United States, beef bull prices have skyrocketed, and ranchers are under more pressure than ever to choose wisely come auction time

Although the seasons run opposite down under, Australian dairy farmers are no strangers to heat stress

While pair-housing calves has many benefits, it also brings some disease risks. Researchers suggest pairing early in life to capture all the upsides of pair housing

During the Hoard’s Dairyman April webinar, speaker Jimena Laporta offered data and analysis of recent and continuing studies on the lingering — and multigenerational — impact of heat...

Soybeans and corn are starting to be seeded into the ground across the U.S. Soil temperatures are still cold in many areas, and this article is not intended to push for a rush to the planter

For decades, the National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) has served as a model cooperative program between the U. S. Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

If you asked me several years ago about lactose, I would have said it makes up 4.8% of milk and is the osmotic regulator of milk volume and left it at that

A University of Illinois study reinforced the important role that additional dietary calcium inclusion during the prepartum period can play in improving postpartum uterine health and fertility in cows...

Every one of us has experienced that “gut feeling” — an instinctual physical reaction that signals something may or may not be right

It is time to put seed corn in the ground for the 2025 crop in many parts of the U.S

A popular topic of discussion in recent years has been whether to raise calves on the farm or send them off-site into the care of experienced calf rearers

It’s no secret that having animals also brings flies, dust, noise, and odors

Underfeeding and overfeeding heifers can result in poor or over-conditioned animals

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping us advance technology in research and on-farm applications and plays a role in nearly every aspect of our lives