Clean - without the chemicals. The milk-making process involves many steps. One crucial step is washing and sanitizing the equipment used to transport milk. Many farms use a Clean-in-Place system to wash...

Once it's harvested, it's all you have to work with. That's the story with forage quality. At last week's Tri-State Dairy Conference, Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin-Madison forage specialist,...

The Idaho dairy industry, and the entire dairy industry for that matter, is becoming more dependent on foreign-born labor both on dairy operations and in dairy processing facilities. Many producers in...

In some cases, averages can be misleading. That would certainly be true when looking at the average U.S. dairy herd size. These days, the average (mean) U.S. dairy herd has 144 milk cows. That total was...

Those in farming circles know more about the value of vaccines than almost every human population demographic. That's because we know vaccines thwart a wide variety of diseases by developing and invoking...

This is the season to start thinking heat abatement strategies as several southern states are already experiencing warmer temperatures and rising humidity. Meanwhile, it's warming up in northern states,...

The nation's biggest dairy state keeps getting smaller. USDA's official ledger says total milk production in California in February was up just a bit versus the year before (0.55 percent). But that's only...

For calves, the weaning period is almost always filled with change: a new home, new ration, new penmates, new health challenges. This transition can be overwhelming. If animals become too stressed during...

California isn't the only major dairy region dealing with water woes. Australia has its issues, too. And as the world's fourth-largest dairy product exporter, short supplies of water could further curtail...

Just over 3,600 bulls were declared active by A.I. marketing organizations. Of those sires, 2,795 were Holsteins, 540 were Jerseys, and the remaining 277 bulls could be found in nine other breeds. For...

Organic agricultural production has become a household name in the United States with the total domestic market valued at more than $39 billion. Globally, organics account for over $75 billion. Data released...

Transparency is certainly a buzzword in agriculture right now. For today's consumer, transparency is the idea of knowing where food comes from and how it's made