Just how much has our industry consolidated? It took only 11 counties to produce 25 percent of our nation's milk last year. By casting a slightly wider net, 55 counties were responsible for producing half...

Reader Response: Feed prices still high I'd like to see lower feed costs at my dairy soon as eluded to in the October 21 Hoard's Dairyman Intel item, "Continued profitability possible in 2014." I am paying...

A pair of Hoard's West articles titled "California's pricing system is killing its dairies" were the center of a discussion initiated by a longtime California dairy industry leader. In this man's opinion,...

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail, said Stacey Hamilton, dairy specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, at their grazing conference last week. Designing a grazing system takes thoughtful...

A slight uptick in December cow numbers was reconfirmed by a recent survey of the largest 11 European Union member states, reported the European Commission in its autumn "Agriculture and Rural Development"...

Pizza. It's a $40 billion industry that's at the heart of cheese sales, accounting for 25 to 28 percent of cheese consumption nationally in any given year. Ninety-three percent of our nation's citizens...

Prices over on the beef side of the cattle world are sizzling and may not be quite done yet, which is tasty news for dairy producers. Live cattle futures prices, which have the most relevance to cull milk...

With the soft U.S. dollar likely to continue for a long time, and the world looking for high quality proteins, I would not be too concerned about the U.S. drowning in milk. We're not playing with the same...

If a trade pact between Canada and the European Union gains approval, our neighbors to the north would be subject to double the current cheese imports from Europe. The deal would be one small component...

Touting a goal to reduce our consumption of meat, milk and eggs, the Meatless Monday campaign has claimed a number of devotees. But it seems both the program's participants and reach are dwindling. Research...

An old dairy ration evaluation tool has a new trick. The Penn State Particle Separator (PSPS) received an update for 2013 in the form of a 0.16-inch (or 4 mm) screen. This new, smaller screen adds the...

Now that the House and Senate struck a deal late last week to reopen the government through January 15, the farm bill could gain more serious attention this fall within the Capital Beltway. In taking that...