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Aug. 4 2025
June was the nation’s official Dairy Month — but if the attention was supposed to taper off on June 30, no one told the media
Aug. 4 2025
Seventy percent of farms are projected to trade hands in the next 20 years, stated Wesley Tucker, University of Missouri (MU) extension agriculture business specialist
Aug. 4 2025
Conversations around artificial intelligence (AI) can go in unpredictable directions; the technology is so unwieldy that getting one’s arms around it is difficult
Aug. 4 2025
In an industry with tight margins, dairy farmers are always looking for ways to improve efficiency and their cost of production. In the Center for Dairy Excellence’s “Cow-Side Conversations”...
July 28 2025
Many parts of the country are right on the cusp of large crowds descending upon fairgrounds to take in their annual state fair
July 28 2025
All producers are excited to watch their upcoming replacement heifers develop, in anticipation of performance in the milking string as the top genetics of the herd
July 28 2025
Headline U.S. milk production for June was up 3.3%, which was much stronger than my 2% forecast, and given the sharp price drops we saw in the dairy futures after the report was released, production was...
July 25 2025
A few days ago, I had the pleasure of attending the International Silage Conference in Gainesville, Fla
July 21 2025
As beef-on-dairy crossbreeding continues to provide added profits for dairy farmers across the nation, researchers are trying to keep pace with the growing population of crossbred cattle — because...
July 21 2025
Tar spot has already been recognized in some areas across Midwest cornfields, and recent stretches of wet weather have begun to raise grower concerns
July 21 2025
Among all the improvements we have made in managing the nutrition of dairy cows over three decades, apparently accurately tracking real feed cost may not be one
July 21 2025
Formulating and ensuring the delivery of a well-balanced diet is an indispensable practice. But, dairies can experience a lot of day-to-day variation in nutrient composition of total mixed rations (TMRs)
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