When it comes to the topic of on-farm premixes, most dairy owners and managers have strong feelings one way or the other

Farm work often requires road travel, whether it is driving equipment from field to field, trucking animals from one location to another, or hauling milk

Alright, I might live to regret the following article. U.S. milk production came in much lower than forecast for January

One of the beautiful things about dairy farming in the United States is the variety. There are a number of ways to milk cows and be successful

Natural ventilation is used successfully in many dairy barns, and it has been for years. As our dairy farms grow and as milk production climbs, some may wonder whether natural ventilation will be able...

I believe that education is the nucleus of the specialty cheese market. It is a world that is still surrounded by an air of mystery, and in fact, somewhat intimidating to many people

It’s refreshing and optimistic to turn the calendar to a new year, but the ramifications of COVID-19 on dairy’s economic health are far from over

While bank standards for assessing loans haven’t changed, the risks associated with dairy operations certainly have changed during the pandemic

People want to effectively communicate. Not only is this part of human nature, but it makes every workplace run more efficiently

Farmers can best troubleshoot fresh cow issues by tracking health data as well as evaluating pen dynamics. What’s more, automated health monitoring systems have proven to be useful in making earlier...

A week or two ago, I was brought into a discussion between two respected plant pathologists regarding mycotoxin levels in different regions of the U.S. from the 2020 crop year

A tanker load of milk that comes up positive for antibiotic residue is a nightmare that every dairy farm takes steps to prevent

Expectations for feed markets have changed rapidly. Since the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report projected corn ending stocks for the 2020-2021 crop year at 2.76 billion...

If you were standing next to someone who was having a heart attack, what would you do?

U.S. immigration reform is already gaining attention from the White House and Congress

“To maintain healthy teat ends, we monitor vacuum levels at 11.9 to 12.2 inches at the teat end,” said Andy Fisher of Reedsville, Wis

Every time another regulation is added to a farmer’s plate, it seems like a brand new challenge to tackle. Oftentimes, it is

The dairy industry has always been dynamic. In the very early years of our country, we moved from farms supplying milk just outside the town limits to railroad shipments into the large cities by the 1800s

The road to where we are today in agriculture labor laws has been paved with a multitude of good intentions and calls for justice

“We want to move forward aggressively,” said Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who is the incoming chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry