Assigning, analyzing, and performing activity analysis allows farmers understand their detailed loading and mixing feed costs, said Jason Karszes of PRO-DAIRY

For New York dairy farmer Jim Davenport, a hoe is one of the most important tools on his dairy. It helps him maintain a 33,583 cells per milliliter (mL) average annual somatic cell count (SCC)

U.S. cheesemakers experienced a similar breakthrough at the 2019 World Cheese Awards when our cheesemakers claimed 131 medals. But our disruptive moment came when — for the first time — a U.S....

If we hear a farmer talk about their “employees” or their “workforce,” it might be easy to think that the farm is a large operation where multiple or maybe even dozens of people...

As I contemplated this review of forage dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD), I was taken back 40 years to a time when I had recently stepped into the arena of dairy nutrition

A combination of factors contributes to high-quality milk, but for New York dairy farmer Jim Davenport, he believes a low somatic cell count begins at the teat level

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, bipartisan bill H.R. 1603, was reintroduced this week by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.)

When it comes to dairy leaders, Tom Lyon was a lion

While automated milking systems sound appealing in many aspects, it takes careful consideration to determine if robotics are the right fit for a dairy

Finding solutions that work for everyone is a strength of the U.S. dairy industry

“If you look at the federal order pools back in the 1950s, it was about two-thirds to fluid milk and the other one-third being manufacturing,” University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mark Stephenson...

Cheddar blocks and Cheddar barrels . . . these terms are likely familiar to those who closely follow dairy commodity prices

The Lone Star State continued its meteoric flight path on milk production as its 360 dairy farms collectively produced nearly 1 billion pounds of new milk in back-to-back years

Every business likely knows its cost of production, and a dairy farm is no different

When it comes to the topic of on-farm premixes, most dairy owners and managers have strong feelings one way or the other

Farm work often requires road travel, whether it is driving equipment from field to field, trucking animals from one location to another, or hauling milk

Alright, I might live to regret the following article. U.S. milk production came in much lower than forecast for January

One of the beautiful things about dairy farming in the United States is the variety. There are a number of ways to milk cows and be successful

Natural ventilation is used successfully in many dairy barns, and it has been for years. As our dairy farms grow and as milk production climbs, some may wonder whether natural ventilation will be able...

I believe that education is the nucleus of the specialty cheese market. It is a world that is still surrounded by an air of mystery, and in fact, somewhat intimidating to many people