Europe has been handcuffed by quotas for more than 30 years. Now that those self-imposed production limits are gone this April, the question remains: How will Europe compete on the global dairy product...

The rumen is akin to an orchestra. It requires a variety of elements, working in concert with one another, to achieve its end goal. When the rumen is working harmoniously, dairy cattle are able to transform...

The 2015 national feed situation is off to a not very encouraging start, thanks to the March 31 Prospective Plantings report from USDA.According to the report, total corn acreage for the year is forecast...

With snowpack levels at just 5 percent of the historical average for April 1 - the lowest amount for that date since record keeping began in 1950 - the severity of drought has reached a new high

"Milk does a body good" could have been a tagline dating back to the 15th century because it helped build strong human populations and societies

We must tell our story. Isn't it fact that dairy recycles so many human waste by-products in what we feed our cattle? For example, vegetable culls or brewers grains

Clearly, neither speaker cited in the March 16, 2015, Intel "Rethinking tail docking" nor the March 9, 2015, Intel "Rethinking animal welfare starts with tails" have ever milked cows in a parallel or carousel-type...

by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor Having been applied to crops and farm fields for over 40 yearsHaving been applied to crops and farm fields for over 40 years in some 160 countries around the globe, glyphosate...

When Mother Nature decides to turn on the summer heat, we have come to expect drops in milk yield and dips in reproductive performance. Another negative consequence of heat stress for today's cows is the...

In a matter of weeks, equipment will hit fields across the Midwest and Northeast. While hybrid decisions are already locked in for the planting season, there's still time to evaluate planting densities,...

Mailbox milk prices posted a new record nationally last year averaging $24.04 per hundredweight (cwt.), based on data tabulated by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and the Federal Milk Market...

After a milk price year for the ages in 2014, producers knew 2015 would be worse. And it has been so far.But low feed and high beef prices have made it manageable, and indications are growing that this...