Unless they are born polled, all dairy cattle will grow horns. The horn bud attaches to the bone sometime between the first and second month of a calf's life. For that reason, the earlier disbudding or...

Hopes of drought relief are soaring in California these days, due to growing indications that wet El Niño conditions are coming to the West Coast this winter. Four years of low precipitation have...

Courtesy of their rumen microbes, cows produce and release methane. As a ruminant-based industry, it's a reality we cannot escape. It is estimated that a quarter of anthropogenic, or human-caused, methane...

Fonterra announced that it would reduce its 2015-2016 milk price forecast from $5.25 per kilogram of milk solids down to $3.85 (kgMS) in an August 7 announcement by the cooperative that markets over 90...

I saw the well-written article about Dr. Fred Foreman, "An eye for cows and a heart for teaching". I remember Dr. Foreman very well. I took his dairy course in 1957, plus or minus a bit. At one of our...

Just how much has our industry consolidated? It took only 12 counties to produce 25 percent of our nation's milk last December. By casting a slightly wider net, 56 counties were responsible for producing...

The newest promotion campaign by Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) is unlike anything milk producers have seen before. And many figure to not see this one either. That's because "The Udder Truth," launched...

Spoiled, sour milk leaves a bad taste in our consumers' mouths. Each negative product interaction they have leaves them a little less likely to return to the dairy case. But, what if we could ensure that...

German scientists recently discovered a haplotype that limits a Holstein calf's ability to digest cholesterol. In these instances, calves eventually deplete all fat reserves, including those found around...

The career of a milkman has gone a little more high-tech at one Arizona milk cooperative, and others across the country may soon be following suit. The United Dairyman of Arizona (UDA) first added automation...

Fluid milk isn't the only beverage category in a sales tailspin. While the 40-year downward trend in the fluid milk category is well documented, these days the once bustling carbonated soft drink category...

Somatic cell count is indicative of the quality of the nation's milk supply. There is an inverse relationship between the bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) and cheese yield along with the quality/shelf...