Many farmers let out a frustrated sigh when restaurant chain Subway announced last week that it, too, would be making the switch to meat from animals raised without antibiotics

"Not only does rumination reflect cow health, it is highly sensitive to cow well-being," noted the Miner Institute's Rick Grant. Rumination is a cyclical process that is influenced by dietary and management...

Beverage milk consumption fell by the largest level in over 30 years. That's according to data just released by USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS)

Sooner or later, "Will the farm go on after me?" is a question that most dairy producers ask themselves. The answer can be complicated, said estate attorney Dan Rupar in his seminar at this year's World...

At the turn of the 20th century, meat-processing facilities were a harried place. No literary work exposed the hectic and unsanitary conditions of Chicago's stockyards better than Upton Sinclair's The...

After 40 years of being vilified, the tide has turned in a big way for saturated fats. And that support is now coming from outside dairy circles

Red meat is packed with protein, but it doesn't have the same punch of omega-3 fatty acids that fish provides. Those omega-3 fatty acids are believed to lower the risk of coronary heart disease and improve...

The latest undercover video claiming animal abuse at a dairy, this one in Paris, Texas, goes to new heights of distortion and misrepresentation to promote a vegan agenda

Bearish signals continue to gather as to future milk checks. Over the past five months, USDA economists have lowered their prediction for the All-Milk price by $1.45

This reader response references our Hoard's Dairyman Intel Special Report item from Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Since 2002, somatic cell counts (SCC) - the key indicator of milk quality - have fallen by 104,000 cells per milliliter

A newborn calf comes into the world with a bright future ahead . . . and an incomplete immune system