If you know me, you likely know I am originally from Argentina. One characteristic of people from Argentina is that they frequently use metaphors to describe circumstances

A smoky haze filled the sky around our Hoard’s Dairyman Farm several days this week, and poor air quality alerts have become somewhat the norm this summer

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act marked significant progress earlier this month when it passed the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce on a 26-13 bipartisan vote

The calendar says it is officially summer, and temperatures in many parts of the country are heating up

I have been told over the years that owning a restaurant is a lot like owning a dairy

The State Senate, the State Assembly, and the State Governor all agreed — Wisconsin’s rural roads need additional funding

Two mainstay farm animals have far different value propositions these days

Farm bill negotiations, an effort to modernize the Federal Milk Marketing Order system, and an ongoing dairy labeling battle provided up-and-coming dairy leaders with no shortage of topics to discuss with...

While alternative beverages seem to get more positive press coverage these days than fluid milk sales, dairy team members from two grocery chains acknowledged that milk remains as the major player

Dry conditions have persisted through much of the early growing season so far in many places around the country, which was helpful for planting but has been concerning for young plant growth

On a trip to Michigan last week, a common theme among the conversations we had with farmers was the need for rain

Establishing high-forage diets has been an indispensable practice to optimize milk components and dairy profitability

This spring, an advertising campaign developed by the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) captured the internet when it parodied the rise of alternative milk beverages by proclaiming that actress...

It’s often said, “Seeing is believing.” To that end, a delegation of U.S. dairy farmers from nine states saw, for the first time, the U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence in action

In an age where we have the science and technology available to produce clean, safe raw milk, it’s great to see Iowa paving the way for more small dairies to find success, and for more people to...

If it doesn’t affect you directly, drugs such as opioids can seem like a far-off problem that only show up in a few highly populated areas of the country — and that was largely the case for...

Keeping up with changes to state and federal labor laws can be daunting. However, given the tight labor markets, dairy farms must redouble efforts to attract and retain employees

While calf starter is a component of the preweaned dairy animal’s diet, the majority of nutrients needed for growth during this first stage of life come from milk or milk replacer

While the amount of U.S. milk flowing through Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) climbed to the highest level since the days when California joined the system, fluid milk movement moved to an all-time...

Those of us in animal agriculture are no strangers to the fact that there are extremist groups calling for the end of using animals for food