Did you milk her for all she’s worth?” With due respect to my mentor and colleague, Don Sanders, who wrote a book by this title, I suggest that we leave a little gas in the tank for our retiring...

Bad things happen to good people. Likewise, bad things can happen to good farms

The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program launched its latest Animal Care Program standards on July 1, continuing to provide science-based guidelines for the industry and...

Patience is one of those things that is wonderful if it is being given to me or my situation

It is no secret that forage quality can make or break the productivity — and profitability — of a herd

Succession planning is a process that intertwines economics with emotion, making it overwhelming and difficult for many to initiate

Respiratory disease in the preweaning period remains a challenge within the dairy industry

Dairy cattle well-being, productivity, and feeding habits are significantly affected by social interactions, and those are influenced by factors like parity and group composition

Millions of calves, including replacement heifers, dairy bull calves, and dairy-beef calves, leave dairy farms every year

No one likes a sweet deal more than a dairy farmer

Now is the time to review parlor procedures and stall hygiene practices to reduce the risk for environmental mastitis

When I stop at a farm for an assessment of the heifer program, the first thing I usually do is ask three questions

Over the past three years, expenses on dairy farms have surged significantly with feed, wages, energy, and supplies all experiencing dramatic jumps

Many aspects of dairy farming in the U.S. have changed over the past 50 years

Can we assume that cows within a pen use all their resources uniformly?

Corky, yeasty, oxidized, malty, and scorched might not be words the average person thinks of when describing dairy products, but for food science students who have learned to identify the slightest discrepancy...

When I was about 9 years old, we rented 40 acres of a reclaimed strip mine for dry cow pasture

Recently, while gearing up for a soccer match, I was deeply immersed in how to measure consistency in dairy cattle performance

One of the most significant improvements in corn breeding over the past half century has been the plant’s tolerance of higher populations

When dairy farmers are away, they typically leave the farm in the hands of current employees or they call on neighbors or family to cover the workload