With the year’s end upon us, it’s time to gather your records and evaluate your tax situation

The calf program has often been relegated to a lower priority for the dairy business as it is a current expense with a delayed impact on future income

Every time I leave World Dairy Expo, my heart and my stomach are full — my heart because of the relationships that are nurtured during the week, and my stomach because of all the good food that can...

After several cows climbed out the front of our tie stalls, we were introduced to this method of utilizing a heavy-duty tie down strap looped around their stalls. This is a cost-effective idea that works

I’ll let you in on a little secret. I am terrified of bridges. Not the small bridges that are barely noticeable, but the really high bridges that go on forever

Delayed milk ejection — most often presented as a bimodal milk flow curve — occurs when the cisternal milk fraction is removed before the alveolar milk reaches the gland cistern

In recent years, dairy cow populations have shifted, with more cows in the Northern and Southern Plains and fewer in the Northeast and Southeast

In the Feeding Fundamentals column and throughout invited talks or seminars, we tend to cover a lot of ground

I don’t know what I was thinking. During my veterinary training, I believed it was important to purchase most of my textbooks

I recall from my days in veterinary practice that some clients extended themselves to make my job more pleasant, and some did not

Agricultural land in the Upper Midwest has experienced substantial appreciation over the past several decades, with the recent years standing out

During a recent calf study, most of my mornings were spent measuring grain refusals

recently, I have had breeders express to me a level of concern over the number of bulls whose proofs declined substantially once they had daughters

The mosquito season continues as crops come off fields and the calendar is turning the page toward fall. Warm, humid days and wet conditions following thunderstorms are still prevalent. Inevitably, with...

Often, we think of automated milking systems (AMS) as new technology that reduces labor to milk cows; however, we may forget about the importance of testing the mechanical function of the AMS equipment

I am the richest farmer in the world. Before you pound down my barn door for money, I want to clarify that I am not talking about financial resources. I am talking about the riches of a relationship, specifically...

Investing in land remains a significant focus in agriculture, with ongoing high-profile sales sparking widespread discussion

I was recently asked what significant changes I have seen in calf nutrition and growth over my nearly 35-year career at the University of Illinois

While traveling to the airport early en route to a dairy industry meeting, I tuned into a Hoard’s Dairyman “Herd It Here” podcast episode covering feed conversion efficiency with Mary...

A small but growing number of dairies are using rotary milking parlors to enhance milking speed and efficiency. In this set-up, cows ride on a rotating platform while being milked. This reduces th