Growing up close to a famous amusement park, I have had the opportunity to ride a few roller coasters in my day

Money spent on proven diet strategies for transition cows usually has a high payback

On a recent early morning farm visit, it was noted that new claws and liners had been installed in this double-12 parallel parlor

It is not really all that much — just 70 cents per hundredweight of milk. It’s not even three quarter coins

My poor high school math teacher, may he rest in peace

ITN is a frustrating and costly disease, as many of these animals soon are culled from the herd

Decades ago, over 20 nations eradicated bovine leukemia virus (BLV) from their dairy herds by culling all cattle found positive on a BLV antibody test

Sugar alcohols are similar to sugars except that they have an extra hydrogen atom forming what is chemically called an alcohol group (-OH)

Farmers are happy in our neck of the woods because it is planting season

My grandfather was a Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) milk tester in the 1930s in Alabama

One of the biggest transitions in forage equipment over the past 20 years or so has been from sicklebar mowers to disc mowers and mower-conditioners

Milking cows in this day and age requires a forever active mind

For the 27th year, students from the six New England land grant universities hopped on a bus for a week in January, traveling to dairy farms in the northeastern United States, and Quebec, Prince Edward...

Dairy cows lead social lives, and their social environment presents both benefits and challenges. Every day, a cow will navigate a range of social interactions as it moves through the barn

Genetic improvements within the U.S. dairy herd are fueling historic gains in key milk components needed to produce cheese, butter and a variety of other popular dairy foods

Duddingtonia flagrans is a species of carnivorous soil fungus that shows promise in managing intestinal nematode (“worm”) infestations on both organic and conventional dairies

Straw is commonly fed in traditional heifer diets to reduce the energy density of the ration and intake due to straw’s slow and poor digestibility

With the transition from pregnancy and the dry period to lactation after calving, dairy cows face significant physiological and metabolic changes

An excellent synopsis of progress in calf feeding and research over the last 35 years was presented by Jim Drackley in the August 2024 issue of Hoard’s Dairyman

I’ve been trimming hooves now since the old days (the 1990s), and as I look back and evaluate the world of hoof trimming, I see how it has dramatically changed