For the second time in less than five years, the viability of the dairy show and fair season is up in the air because of the threat of disease

Lyme disease can be difficult to diagnose and even trickier to treat. In agriculture, workers and animals are outdoors for the majority of the day, making tick bite prevention paramount

Almost every dairy farmer is also an employer. That means in addition to all the work that surrounds owning and caring for cattle, dairy producers must be proficient in human resources

The value of any beef animal lies in how much meat they can put on and what qualities that meat has. This remains true for dairy-beef cattle that develop meat characteristics a bit differently

A growing number of calves are being hauled long distances at a young age to get to the calf raiser. On these long trips, calves typically don’t have access to milk or water

Dairy products are tasty, affordable, and support our health in a variety of ways

As we switch gears into a new season, it is a good time to look at the current dairy situation and estimate what might happen in the months ahead

A third human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus infection related to dairy cattle was reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last Thursday, May 30

For decades, dairy producers have recognized the struggle their herds experience through the summer months. Heat stress has been known to negatively impact milk yield as much as 40% if the heat and humidity

Equipped with traits such as efficiency, health, and longevity, dairy producers now have access to more knowledge about breeding traits as they engage in the sire selection process

Liver abscesses are nothing new to beef packers

Biosecurity may be more top-of-mind than ever in dairy herds in light of how industry practices are changing in reaction to the presence of the H5N1 virus in dairy cows

Happy June Dairy Month! A lot of cheese surely made it onto burgers over Memorial Day weekend, and the warm summer weather will drive plenty of ice cream consumption at various celebrations in the coming...

Other factors play a role, of course, but cows that are milked more frequently tend to give more milk

Once again, America’s Dairyland made the most cheese of any state in 2023

The growing season is off to an unexpected start

This past February, I had the opportunity to speak at a series of meetings organized by the University of Wisconsin Extension reproduction and genetics work group that we called the “Reproduction...

Introduced in 2000, automated milking systems (AMS) have seen more presence in the dairy industry as we have become more technologically advanced

The detergent system of forage analysis, which was developed by Peter Van Soest at Cornell University, involves boiling forages in neutral or acid detergents

Dairy farmers and dairy groups have a healthful and valuable product to promote, and thanks to those efforts, the majority of people can cite that dairy is a good source of calcium, vitamin D, and protein...