Dairy farmers invest a considerable amount of money and effort in fans, sprinklers, shade, and other animal-cooling methods in order to avoid the reduced productivity and well-being that comes from heat...

Modern disc mowers are good at what they do

In USDA’s most recent Milk Production report, May milk output was 19.7 million pounds, down 0.9% from the same month a year before

Inflation affects our daily lives in all aspects, but do we understand its meaning and how it applies to agriculture?

In the 8th edition of Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (also known as NASEM) put more emphasis on forage neutral detergent fiber (NDF)...

Pathogens that cause mastitis can be transferred via the environment or the milking process

As I watch the current marketing and other information on the modern world of cow cooling, I look back and smile at how we got here

Although I didn’t grow up on a farm, I can trace my family’s industry roots back to the dairy farm my great-grandparents owned and operated in the late 1800s

Feeding cows in a way that maximizes production and income over feed costs starts with a healthy rumen

While many pandemic-era export issues have eased, an emerging threat to secure, reliable U.S. rail shipping is worsening

For the second time in less than five years, the viability of the dairy show and fair season is up in the air because of the threat of disease

Dairy products are tasty, affordable, and support our health in a variety of ways

As we switch gears into a new season, it is a good time to look at the current dairy situation and estimate what might happen in the months ahead

A third human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus infection related to dairy cattle was reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last Thursday, May 30

For decades, dairy producers have recognized the struggle their herds experience through the summer months. Heat stress has been known to negatively impact milk yield as much as 40% if the heat and humidity

Other factors play a role, of course, but cows that are milked more frequently tend to give more milk

Once again, America’s Dairyland made the most cheese of any state in 2023

The growing season is off to an unexpected start

This past February, I had the opportunity to speak at a series of meetings organized by the University of Wisconsin Extension reproduction and genetics work group that we called the “Reproduction...

Ration formulation is an important part of finding success in a robotic milking system