January — $1.51, February — $1.28, and March — 65 cents. Those are the first three payments, on a per hundredweight (cwt.), basis for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program

Disbudding or dehorning are very common practices in the U.S. dairy industry, for the safety of both animals and humans

Record milk prices from 2014 have been forgotten and have given way to the serious financial straits many dairy producers have found themselves in these days

By nature, cows are herd animals. This is true even of cows near lactation, but many cows on pasture will seek out solitude for the act of calving

How many cattle ranchers catch beef heifers and cows to breed them via artificial insemination (A.I.)?

Conducting a heat-focused audit this summer could let your cows tell you when they are stressed, shared Cassandra Tucker at the recent TriState Dairy Nutrition Conference

As plant-based beverages continue to dominate the conversation and garner more shelf space, some consumers are beginning to believe that plant-based beverages are a solution to improving personal and global...

When talking about dairy products, cheese, fluid milk, or butter would probably be among the first products mentioned by most people. Butter, yogurt, and ice cream would be in the conversation somewhere

The countdown is on. Over the course of the next 60 days, dairy farmers must determine if they will sign up for the 2018 Farm Bill’s signature dairy program — Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC)

In 2003, the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program was established to aid rural communities and livestock operators in those areas. It does so by helping to payoff young veterinarians’ student...

By many accounts, the U.S. economy has been doing well in recent years. Can we stay at this level of economic strength, or is a recession lurking in the shadows?

The first formal step has been taken to end California’s 49-year-old Class I milk pool quota system

“A calf is a ball at the top of a hill. Depending how you manage that calf, how you feed that calf and what happens to that calf, will affect its future direction,” said Michael Steele from...

Countless statistics help quantify the U.S. dairy sector. But if one map could most clearly depict the U.S. dairy industry, it’s this one, which compares each state’s milk production to its...

USDA has made the ailing dairy economy a high priority and will work diligently to roll out the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) safety net with milk prices at decade-low levels

Mailbox milk prices for U.S. dairy farmers fell to the lowest levels in a decade with a $15.72 payout in 2018. That was down $1.59 from just one year earlier

Cows avoid lying on wet surfaces, disrupting their time budgets, behavior, and welfare

Jouni Pitkäranta and Virpi Kurkela with 4d Barn Consulting shared features that can improve cow health and welfare in robotic milking facilities during a presentation at the Professional Dairy Producers...

Spring means alfalfa scouting and corn planting. Gear up for another year

Just about everyone in the dairy industry knows the biggest U.S. dairy states — California and Wisconsin. However, what about the smallest?