Lameness is a costly disease that impacts cow productivity in terms of milk production, reproduction and culling value. According to Gerard Cramer, D.V.M., associate professor from the University of Minnesota,...

When water stops flowing, disaster ensues. Seven states, all with major agricultural sectors, are running out of water. Three of these, California, Texas and New Mexico, are top 10 milk production states....

by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor If you have a son or daughter entering college this fall and experienced sticker shock over the cost of tuition, you aren't alone. For the most recent school year, the...

Japan is at a crossroads. It ranks third in the world, behind only Norway and Switzerland, in government payouts to farmers. It's a tab that gets increasingly more difficult to justify when the agricultural...

Much of the action in dairy feed prices has centered on soybean meal and its record-setting pace of exports the past three months. USDA crunched numbers on soybean crush, domestic use and export commitments,...

Amid a variety of feed storage options, plastic silage bags are gaining in popularity. They offer a lower cost, lower investment method of storage. Most importantly, silage bags provide a great environment...

The old saying "Cows are creatures of habit" has a lot of truth. Unfortunately, it inevitably runs into another old saying that has a lot of truth, too: "Change is the only constant in life."

When Colorado State University professors Greg Perry and James Pritchett set out to create the first-ever Agribusiness Friendliness Index, they didn't know how each of the nation's 50 states would eventually...

While USDA is still hammering out the rules for the newly minted Margin Protection Program (MPP-Dairy) - and all other components of the farm bill for that matter - economists are creating tools that will...

American agriculture is so enormous and diverse that it's impossible to get your arms very far around it . . . even for farmers. That's why the Census of Agriculture is done just every five years and why...

Dairy farmers in the nation's top milk producing state saw minor relief in their production costs last year. According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, it cost California dairy producers...

Milk: the NCAA's newest teammate by Amanda Smith, Associate Editor Whether it's a bowl game, March Madness or the Frozen Four, our nation is captivated by college athletics. With new NCAA guidelines in...