The countdown is on. Over the course of the next 60 days, dairy farmers must determine if they will sign up for the 2018 Farm Bill’s signature dairy program — Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC)

In 2003, the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program was established to aid rural communities and livestock operators in those areas. It does so by helping to payoff young veterinarians’ student...

By many accounts, the U.S. economy has been doing well in recent years. Can we stay at this level of economic strength, or is a recession lurking in the shadows?

The first formal step has been taken to end California’s 49-year-old Class I milk pool quota system

“A calf is a ball at the top of a hill. Depending how you manage that calf, how you feed that calf and what happens to that calf, will affect its future direction,” said Michael Steele from...

Countless statistics help quantify the U.S. dairy sector. But if one map could most clearly depict the U.S. dairy industry, it’s this one, which compares each state’s milk production to its...

USDA has made the ailing dairy economy a high priority and will work diligently to roll out the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) safety net with milk prices at decade-low levels

Mailbox milk prices for U.S. dairy farmers fell to the lowest levels in a decade with a $15.72 payout in 2018. That was down $1.59 from just one year earlier

Cows avoid lying on wet surfaces, disrupting their time budgets, behavior, and welfare

Jouni Pitkäranta and Virpi Kurkela with 4d Barn Consulting shared features that can improve cow health and welfare in robotic milking facilities during a presentation at the Professional Dairy Producers...

Spring means alfalfa scouting and corn planting. Gear up for another year

Just about everyone in the dairy industry knows the biggest U.S. dairy states — California and Wisconsin. However, what about the smallest?

The transition period qualifies as one of the most stressful periods of a dairy cow’s life, and it’s certainly the goal and responsibility of producers to reduce that stress

Today, the most critical issue for dairy farmers to think about is signing up for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program

When every dollar counts, milkfat and protein levels in milk are extremely valuable in maximizing income over feed costs (IOFC)

When it comes to the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, I want to make sure dairy farmers and their lenders know what the point of the program is

Who among us wouldn’t make an investment that returns $4.78 for every $1 spent?

Choosing where dollars are invested is critical, especially considering how tight finances have been the last four years

As more and more alternatives clutter the dairy aisle, reserving the term “milk” for products that come from mammals is even more vital

When you’re looking to fine-tune your feeding, checking on the basics is a good first step