The author is an assistant extension professor in the department of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Missouri. The financial stress experienced by dairy farmers continues to mount....

We often think of animal care with a scientific mind, but perhaps our approach should have more of an artistic flair. Calfhood diarrhea, or scours, is a major health challenge. When it comes to tackling...

Yakima. The Chesapeake Bay. Lake Champlain. The Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico. Kewaunee County. Whether perceived or real, the aforementioned regions have been epicenters for concerns regarding...

New rules could eventually affect organic dairy farms. However, most regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will impact other livestock species far greater. For dairy and hog farms,...

Cows graze at a dairy in southern Scotland. As bad as the first year without production quotas was for dairy farmers in the European Union (EU) in 2015, the second one is already looking worse. The flood...

Grocers know that the word "farm" invokes a sense of freshness, lack of artificial ingredients, and food products from local sources. That's the very reason grocers in the United Kingdom have gone so far...

Today's college students, representing Generation Z, are paying more attention to their beverage choices. A study done by the Beverage Marketing Corp. (B.M.C.) and Fluent, a college marketing and insight...

The feed center of a dairy farm can be equated to the kitchen of a popular restaurant operating anywhere from a few hours to all day. As it grows and changes, it will be judged on its ability to run smoothly...

The Hoard's Dairyman Intel "The politics of immigration in primary season" is accurate regarding the importance of the Hispanic labor to our dairy production industry not to mention restaurants, hotels,...

Reader Response: Shorthorns polled, too I wanted to point out that Milking Shorthorns carry the trait in a dairy cow also in relation to your article "Polled cattle are natural . . . yet." The most interesting...

by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor While dairy cows are nearly exclusive contributors to the U.S. milk supply (goats, sheep, and water buffalo contribute miniscule levels of milk), dairy breeds also contribute...

"Meatless Mondays" are no fix for global warming by Maggie Seiler, Associate Editor Kicked off in the early 2000s, "Meatless Monday" was meant to be an opportunity for Americans to join in a cause, one...