Different dairies have different ideas on using bagged ingredients when making rations on-farm. Some are open to the idea, while others are staunchly against it. Adding totes as another option is ofte

Sometimes people wish there were more hours in a day to complete the responsibilities at hand, and dairy cows may feel the same way. Rick Grant of the Miner Institute recommends that farmers think abo

U.S. dairy exports excelled again in 2022, with record shipments further cementing its role as the key demand driver for U.S. milk. For the third consecutive year, the U.S. dairy industry set a r

In farm years, a 12-year-old engine is often not even broken in on many dairy farms.That really doesn’t matter to legislators and regulators in California, though. It’s now illegal to drive...

No case of mastitis is good, but some causes of infection are easier to control than others. Unfortunately, one particularly difficult type of mastitis is affecting a growing number of dairy herds.“

We see the same values embodied by dairy farmers embraced by outstanding student athletes. What sometimes flies under the radar is that many talented youths leading their teams to victory also play a

Despite falling below the $9 per hundredweight (cwt.) in both August and September, the average margin for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program ended the year at $10.73 per cwt. We must go all the

Even when it feels like an animal gets sick out of the blue, disease is never an accident. It occurs when an interaction develops between a pathogen, a host, and the host’s environment. Avoiding...

While some dairy producers eked out a profit during the first half of 2021, others in the western U.S. even lost money

Dairy farmers that transition to robotic milking systems often comment on the different style of management it takes to care for cows in this type of barn

It is time the dairy industry has a serious discussion about improving and modernizing the price discovery tools used to value milk and dairy products

Even with an excellent milking routine and clean, dry bedding, having healthy teats can be the difference between infection occurring or not