In 2000, the first pair of milking robots, known to many as Automated Milking Systems (AMS), were installed on a commercial dairy farm and have been milking cows ever since

If you have taken a close look at the Jerseys included on the Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List following the past few sire summaries, you may have noticed a change

The title of a recent Politico article read, “Your farm is trying to kill you.” Its subtitle shed further light on where this story was headed

In the 40 years I have written about milk cows and dairies, I have never wanted to own either

While dairy producers from major exporting countries have long reduced milk flow, U.S. milk production kept chugging along growing 1.8 percent over the past year

In the April 3 Hoard’s Dairyman Intel article, “Author says we’re addicted to dairy crack,” you cite a book by Dr. Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine...

While the Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List will be available in the April 25 issue, we are making it available to readers here as well

Wisconsin isn’t known as the dairy state without good reason. Decades of dominance in the area of dairy farms and cow numbers make a good argument for the title “America’s Dairyland.”

Debate over the future cost of the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) has ramped up in recent weeks

For the first time in 50 years, the price we pay for groceries has come down. USDA data shows that 2016 retail prices for food consumed at home fell 1.3 percent from the year before

No hard working dairy farmer and their family should ever receive a letter with this line — “We regret to inform you effective May 1, 2017, (we) will no longer be able to accept your milk.”All...

In just five years, Michigan went from the middle of the pack down to rock bottom when looking at regional and state mailbox price data