From the peak of 9.438 million dairy cows in January 2018, the U.S. dairy cow inventory has declined by 128,000 head as of July 2019

While domestic dairy semen sales stagnated in 2018, domestic beef sales have exploded. The trend shows no sign of slowing in 2019

If at all possible, dairy personnel putting up corn silage this fall should aim to store like forages with like forages

When humans are hot or uncomfortable, they tend to want a little more personal space. For some reason, cows have the opposite reaction, which leads to a problem called bunching

Despite a dismal corn planting season for the majority of the country, dairy producers could breathe a bit easier about previously projected shortages raising feed prices

Many dairy producers who enrolled in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program have already received checks for the first part of the year

This July, U.S. dairy farmers collectively sent 256,800 dairy cows to packing plants

As corn silage makes its way from the field to the farm, proper storage becomes essential

When it comes to the breakfast table, beverage milk and breakfast cereal have been long hitched together as complementary food items

While most farmers in the South and West already have their corn silage safely stored away, many in the Midwest and Northeast are still wondering if their corn will reach maturity

Milking robots offer a number of advantages. An automatic milking system (AMS) tends to boost production, reduce labor, and provide valuable data to help with day-to-day herd management

Whey isn’t the only dairy-related U.S. agricultural product being battered by the trade war between the U.S. and China

Many dairy farms have made great strides in reproduction. Looking through data from the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC), a 20 percent pregnancy rate would have been considered elite just a decade...

Converting from conventional tillage to a reduced or no-till cropping system may come with a learning curve, but in terms of corn planting, it doesn’t require new machinery

Fermented dairy foods such as yogurt and cheese are often associated with positive gut health and probiotics

There’s been no shortage of stories on the abysmal start to the forage season this year

Rabobank is out with its Global Dairy Top 20 and America’s highest ranking dairy company with headquarters in the United States — Dairy Farmers of America — slid from fourth to sixth...

Rather than planting the same crop in the same field year after year, rotating between two or more crops is the healthier route to go

Sign-up for the 2019 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program concludes on September 20, 2019, leaving dairy producers a little more than one month to choose to participate in the new farm bill program

This year has brought another summer of interesting weather conditions for alfalfa growers